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