Get ASCII characters, html codes, hex codes, and decimal codes for different encodings via decimal code or hex code.
You can install via npm or yarn.
npm install --save ascii-lookupyarn add ascii-lookupYou can import using ES6 imports. There are two methods: getASCIIItemForDecimal which will return ASCII info by a given decimal, and getASCIIItemForHex which will return ASCII info by a given hex code.
import { getASCIIItemForDecimal, getASCIIItemForHex } from 'ascii-lookup';getASCIIItemForDecimal accepts two arguments:
| Parameter | Type | Optional | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| dec | number | false | The ASCII decimal value |
| encoding | string (ASCIIEncoding enum in Typescript) |
true | The type of encoding for the extended ASCII set - Default is UTF8 |
getASCIIItemForHex also accepts two arguments:
| Parameter | Type | Optional | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| hex | string | false | The ASCII hex value |
| encoding | string (ASCIIEncoding enum in Typescript) |
true | The type of encoding for the extended ASCII set - Default is UTF8 |
If you are using TypeScript you can import the ASCIIEncoding enum which will provide you with every supported encoding:
import { getASCIIItemForDecimal, ASCIIEncoding } from 'ascii-lookup';
getASCIIItemForDecimal(128, ASCIIEncoding.CP437);If you are using plain JavaScript the available encodings are:
| Encoding | Notes |
|---|---|
cp437 |
|
utf-8 |
Unicode |
big5 |
Chinese |
ibm866 |
Russian |
euc-jp |
Japanese |
euc-kr |
Korean |
gb18030 |
Chinese |
iso-8859-1 |
Latin1/Western European |
iso-8859-2 |
Latin2/Eastern European |
iso-8859-3 |
Latin3/South European |
iso-8859-4 |
Latin4/North European |
iso-8859-5 |
Latin/Cyrillic |
iso-8859-6 |
Latin/Arabic |
iso-8859-7 |
Latin/Greek |
iso-8859-8 |
Latin/Hebrew |
iso-8859-10 |
Latin6/Nordic |
iso-8859-13 |
Latin7/Baltic Rim |
iso-8859-14 |
Latin8/Celtic |
iso-8859-15 |
Latin9/Western European |
iso-8859-16 |
Latin10/South-Eastern European |
koi8-r |
Russian |
koi8-u |
Ukrainian |
macintosh |
x-mac-roman |
x-mac-cyrillic |
|
shift_jis |
Japanese |
windows-874 |
Thai |
windows-1250 |
Eastern European |
windows-1251 |
Cyrillic |
windows-1252 |
Western European |
windows-1253 |
Greek |
windows-1254 |
Turkish |
windows-1255 |
Hebrew |
windows-1256 |
Arabic |
windows-1257 |
Baltic |
windows-1258 |
Vietnamese |
Both getASCIIItemForDecimal and getASCIIItemForHex return an object of type ASCIIItem:
| Key | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| dec | number | Decimal code |
| hex | string | Hex code |
| html | string | HTML code |
| char | string | Character |
A type for ASCIIItem is available for import in TypeScript:
import { getASCIIItemForDecimal, ASCIIEncoding, ASCIIItem } from 'ascii-lookup';
const result: ASCIIItem = getASCIIItemForDecimal(128, ASCIIEncoding.CP437);