ESC

Escape

Decimal: 27

Hex: 1B

Control

ASCII Values

Decimal

Hexadecimal

0x1B

Character

ESC

Usage Examples

JavaScript (from decimal)

String.fromCharCode(27); // "ESC"

JavaScript (to decimal)

"ESC".charCodeAt(0); // 27

Python

chr(27)  # "ESC"
ord("ESC")  # 27

C/C++

char c = 27;  // 'ESC'
int code = 'ESC';  // 27

Control Characters

Control characters (0-31, 127) are non-printable characters used for text formatting and device control. Common examples include newline (10), carriage return (13), and tab (9).

Related Control Codes

NUL

Null character

Horizontal tab

Line feed (newline)

Carriage return

Space

DEL

127

Delete

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