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Valid Characters

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The following tables list the ASCII character groupings that Parcel supports ("Valid Characters") for use in carrier codes, addresses, etc., as well as those not supported.

Note: The DEC/MCS Code refers to the standard Multinational Character Set (MCS) extension of ASCII developed by the Digital Equipment Corporation.

Supported Alphanumeric Characters

Parcel supports the use of the following alphanumeric characters in text strings:

DEC/MCS Code

Symbol

Description

48

0

Zero

49

1

One

50

2

Two

51

3

Three

52

4

Four

53

5

Five

54

6

Six

55

7

Seven

56

8

Eight

57

9

Nine

65

A

Uppercase A

66

B

Uppercase B

67

C

Uppercase C

68

D

Uppercase D

69

E

Uppercase E

70

F

Uppercase F

71

G

Uppercase G

72

H

Uppercase H

73

I

Uppercase I

74

J

Uppercase J

75

K

Uppercase K

76

L

Uppercase L

77

M

Uppercase M

78

N

Uppercase N

79

O

Uppercase O

80

P

Uppercase P

81

Q

Uppercase Q

82

R

Uppercase R

83

S

Uppercase S

84

T

Uppercase T

85

U

Uppercase U

86

V

Uppercase V

87

W

Uppercase W

88

X

Uppercase X

89

Y

Uppercase Y

90

Z

Uppercase Z

97

a

Lowercase a

98

b

Lowercase b

99

c

Lowercase c

100

d

Lowercase d

101

e

Lowercase e

102

f

Lowercase f

103

g

Lowercase g

104

h

Lowercase h

105

I

Lowercase i

106

j

Lowercase j

107

k

Lowercase k

108

l

Lowercase l

109

m

Lowercase m

110

n

Lowercase n

111

o

Lowercase o

112

p

Lowercase p

113

q

Lowercase q

114

r

Lowercase r

115

s

Lowercase s

116

t

Lowercase t

117

u

Lowercase u

118

v

Lowercase v

119

w

Lowercase w

120

x

Lowercase x

121

y

Lowercase y

122

z

Lowercase z

Supported Non-alphanumeric Characters

Parcel supports the use of the following non-alphanumeric characters in text strings:

Unsupported Non-alphanumeric Characters

Do not use the following non-alphanumeric characters in text strings in Parcel:

DEC/MCS Code

Symbol

Description

34

"

Double quotes (quotation marks)

35

#

Number

37

%

Percent sign

39

'

Single quote

42

*

Asterisk

44

,

Comma

59

;

Semicolon

60

<

Less than (open-angled bracket)

62

>

Greater than (close-angled bracket)

63

?

Question mark

91

[

Opening bracket

92

\

Backslash

93

]

Closing bracket

94

^

Caret - circumflex

95

_

Underscore

96

`

Grave accent

123

{

Opening brace

124

|

Vertical bar

125

}

Closing brace

126

~

Equivalency sign - tilde

Control Characters (Do Not Use)

Do not use the following control characters in any text strings in Parcel:

DEC/MCS Code

Symbol

Description

0

NUL

Null char

1

SOH

Start of Heading

2

STX

Start of Text

3

ETX

End of Text

4

EOT

End of Transmission

5

ENQ

Enquiry

6

ACK

Acknowledgment

7

BEL

Bell

8

BS

Back Space

9

HT

Horizontal Tab

10

LF

Line Feed

11

VT

Vertical Tab

12

FF

Form Feed

13

CR

Carriage Return

14

SO

Shift Out / X-On

15

SI

Shift In / X-Off

16

DLE

Data Line Escape

17

DC1

Device Control 1 (often XON)

18

DC2

Device Control 2

19

DC3

Device Control 3 (often XOFF)

20

DC4

Device Control 4

21

NAK

Negative Acknowledgement

22

SYN

Synchronous Idle

23

ETB

End of Transmit Block

24

CAN

Cancel

25

EM

End of Medium

26

SUB

Substitute

27

ESC

Escape

28

FS

File Separator

29

GS

Group Separator

30

RS

Record Separator

31

US

Unit Separator

127

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