What is character set ?

A character denotes any alphabet, digit or special symbol used to represent information. There are 4 types of Character’s:

    Ø  Alphabets

    Ø  Digits

    Ø  Special Symbols

    Ø  White Spaces

Letters (Alphabets):

    Ø  Uppercase  -------  A, B, ….., Y, Z

    Ø  Lowercase ------- a, b, ……, y, z

Digits:

    Ø  All Decimal Digits:  0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Special Characters:

               

,	Comma
.	Period
#	Number Sign
;	Semicolon
:	Colon
‘	Apostrophe
?	Question Mark
|	Vertical bar
!	Exclamation Mark
“	Quotation Mark
/	Slash
\	Backslash
~	Tilde
_	Under score
$	Dollar
%	Percent sign
&	Ampersand
^	Caret
*	Asterisk
-	Minus sigh
+	Plus sign
<	Opening angle bracket
>	Closing angle bracket
(	Left parenthesis
)	Right parenthesis
[	Left bracket
]	Right bracket
{	Left brace
}	Right brace

White Spaces:

    Ø  Blank Space

    Ø  Horizontal Tab

    Ø  Carriage Return

    Ø  New Line 

    Ø  Form Feed