Specifying Control Characters

Lists of symbols are used to designate characters for properties like Field Component Separator, Line Terminator, and Field Separator.

Individual symbols can be expressed in several forms. Numbers and letters, for example, can be entered using single quotes, such as `A', `B', `C'. Control characters or other Unicode values can be expressed using their decimal value, or their hex value by preceding it with 0x - 128 or 0x80, for example. In addition, certain control characters have alternate mnemonic representations, and Stylus Studio supports them, as well.

When entering multiple symbols for a given property, separate symbols using a comma.

The following table summarizes commonly used control characters. For more information, visit http://www.unicode.org.

Table 31. Commonly Used Control Characters
Decimal	Hex	Mnemonic	Control Key
0	0x00	NUL	^@, '\0'
1	0x01	SOH	^A
2	0x02	STX	^B
3	0x03	ETX	^C
4	0x04	EOT	^D
5	0x05	ENQ	^E
6	0x06	ACK	^F
7	0x07	BEL or BELL	^G, '\a'
8	0x08	BS	^H, '\b'
9	0x09	TAB or HT	^I, '\t'
10	0x0A	LF	^J, '\n'
11	0x0B	VT	^K, '\v'
12	0x0C	FF	^L, '\f'
13	0x0D	CR	^M, '\r'
14	0x0E	SO	^N
15	0x0F	SI	^O
16	0x10	DLE	^P
17	0x11	DC1 or XON	^Q
18	0x12	DC2	^R
19	0x13	DC3 or XOFF	^S
20	0x14	DC4	^T
21	0x15	NAK	^U
22	0x16	SYN	^V
23	0x17	ETB	^W
24	0x18	CAN	^X
25	0x19	EM	^Y
26	0x1A	SUB	^Z
27	0x1B	ESC	^[
28	0x1C	FS	^\
29	0x1D	GS	^]
30	0x1E	RS	^^
31	0x1F	US	^_
127	0x7F	DEL
128	0x80
129	0x81
130	0x82	BPH
131	0x83	NBH
132	0x84	IND
133	0x85	NEL
134	0x86	SSA
135	0x87	ESA
136	0x88	HTS
137	0x89	HTJ
138	0x8A	VTS
139	0x8B	PLD
140	0x8C	PLU
141	0x8D	RI
142	0x8E	SS2
143	0x8F	SS3
144	0x90	DCS
145	0x91	PU1
146	0x92	PU2
147	0x93	STS
148	0x94	CCH
149	0x95	MW
150	0x96	SPA
151	0x97	EPA
152	0x98	SOS
153	0x99
154	0x9A	SCI
155	0x9B	CSI
156	0x9C	ST
157	0x9D	OSC
158	0x9E	PM
159	0x9F	APC
160	0xA0	NBSP
173	0xAD	SHY

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