If you have a standard US keyboard, then any of the keys you can hit (excluding the function keys), with or without the shift key, are ASCII. (ASCII also includes "control" characters, 0000 thru 0031, which you won't see, and won't want to enter anyway.) The "|" (vertical bar or pipe) is certainly legit ASCII. Steve Quoting Dennis McCarthy <nihil_obstat@mindspring.com>:
A technical question:
Exactly what characters make up 7-bit ascii? I presume it is 128 (2 to the 7th power). So logically any character I can generate by typing Alt+0000 thro' Alt+0127 (in MS Windows) is kosher in a 7-bit ASCII text.
Specifically I want to know if I can us "|" (the character made by hitting Shift+backslash on a standard US keyboard, or Alt+0124).
Generally, are the following (Alt+0000 thro' Alt+0127) always okay? ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ? @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~
--------------------------- Dennis McCarthy nihil_obstat@mindspring.com
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