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Release Characters For Use With The ICS

​​​​ChDecHexDescriptionControl Character Usage

'

039

27

Single Quote

Apostrophe ' Reserved for use as a segment terminator

+

043

2b

Plus

Plus sign + Reserved for use as segment tag and data element separator

:

058

3a

Colon

Colon : Reserved for use as component data element separator

?

063

3f

Question Mark

Question Mark ? Reserved for use as a release character

NOTE: ? immediately preceding one of the characters ' + : ? restores the normal meaning of the character.Eg 10?+10 means 10 plus 10. A question mark is represented by ??.

UNOC Character Set (ISO 8859-1)

Unsupported characters will not be handled by the ICS and must not be used.

ChDecHexSupportedDescription

032

20

Yes

Space

!

033

21

Yes

Exclamation Mark

"

034

22

Yes

Double Quote

#

035

23

Yes

Number/Pound

$

036

24

Yes

Dollars

%

037

25

Yes

Percent

&

038

26

Yes

Ampersand

'

039

27

Yes

Single Quote

(

040

28

Yes

Left Parenthesis

)

041

29

Yes

Right Parenthesis

*

042

2a

Yes

Asterisk

+

043

2b

Yes

Plus

,

044

2c

Yes

Comma

-

045

2d

Yes

Hyphen

.

046

2e

Yes

Full Stop

/

047

2f

Yes

Forward Slash

0

048

30

Yes

Digit 0

1

049

31

Yes

Digit 1

2

050

32

Yes

Digit 2

3

051

33

Yes

Digit 3

4

052

34

Yes

Digit 4

5

053

35

Yes

Digit 5

6

054

36

Yes

Digit 6

7

055

37

Yes

Digit 7

8

056

38

Yes

Digit 8

9

057

39

Yes

Digit 9

:

058

3a

Yes

Colon

;

059

3b

Yes

Semicolon

<

060

3c

Yes

Less Than

=

061

3d

Yes

Equals

>

062

3e

Yes

Greater Than

?

063

3f

Yes

Question Mark

@

064

40

Yes

Commercial At

A

065

41

Yes

Uppercase A

B

066

42

Yes

Uppercase B

C

067

43

Yes

Uppercase C

D

068

44

Yes

Uppercase D

E

069

45

Yes

Uppercase E

F

070

46

Yes

Uppercase F

G

071

47

Yes

Uppercase G

H

072

48

Yes

Uppercase H

I

073

49

Yes

Uppercase I

J

074

4a

Yes

Uppercase J

K

075

4b

Yes

Uppercase K

L

076

4c

Yes

Uppercase L

M

077

4d

Yes

Uppercase M

N

078

4e

Yes

Uppercase N

O

079

4f

Yes

Uppercase O

P

080

50

Yes

Uppercase P

Q

081

51

Yes

Uppercase Q

R

082

52

Yes

Uppercase R

S

083

53

Yes

Uppercase S

T

084

54

Yes

Uppercase T

U

085

55

Yes

Uppercase U

V

086

56

Yes

Uppercase V

W

087

57

Yes

Uppercase W

X

088

58

Yes

Uppercase X

Y

089

59

Yes

Uppercase Y

Z

090

5a

Yes

Uppercase Z

[

091

5b

No

Left Bracket

\\

092

5c

Yes

Backslash

]

093

5d

No

Right Bracket

^

094

5e

Yes

Caret (Circumflex)

_

095

5f

Yes

Underscore

`

096

60

Yes

ASCII Grave

a

097

61

Yes

Lowercase a

b

098

62

Yes

Lowercase b

c

099

63

Yes

Lowercase c

d

100

64

Yes

Lowercase d

e

101

65

Yes

Lowercase e

f

102

66

Yes

Lowercase f

g

103

67

Yes

Lowercase g

h

104

68

Yes

Lowercase h

i

105

69

Yes

Lowercase i

j

106

6a

Yes

Lowercase j

k

107

6b

Yes

Lowercase k

l

108

6c

Yes

Lowercase l

m

109

6d

Yes

Lowercase m

n

110

6e

Yes

Lowercase n

o

111

6f

Yes

Lowercase o

p

112

70

Yes

Lowercase p

q

113

71

Yes

Lowercase q

r

114

72

Yes

Lowercase r

s

115

73

Yes

Lowercase s

t

116

74

Yes

Lowercase t

u

117

75

Yes

Lowercase u

v

118

76

Yes

Lowercase v

w

119

77

Yes

Lowercase w

x

120

78

Yes

Lowercase x

y

121

79

Yes

Lowercase y

z

122

7a

Yes

Lowercase z

{

123

7b

Yes

Left Curly Bracket

|

124

7c

Yes

Broken Vertical Bar

}

125

7d

Yes

Right Curly Bracket

~

126

7e

Yes

Tilde

128

80

No

Euro

153

99

No

Trade Mark

¢

162

a2

No

Cent

£

163

a3

No

Pound/Sterling

¥

165

a5

No

Yen

©

169

a9

No

Copyright

®

174

ae

No

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