ASCII code for vertical tab
11
Vertical Tab — a control character, not printable
| Decimal | 11 |
| Hexadecimal | 0x0B |
| Octal | 0013 |
| Binary | 00001011 |
| HTML entity |  |
| String escape | \v |
What it is
Advanced to the next vertical tab stop. Almost never used; it survives mainly as a character that breaks naive parsers.
The full entry
ASCII 11 in full — the code point page, with what sits either side of it and how the character is encoded elsewhere.
Frequently asked questions
What is the ASCII code for vertical tab?
The ASCII code for vertical tab is 11 in decimal, 0x0B in hexadecimal and 0013 in octal.
What is vertical tab in binary?
00001011 — eight bits, though ASCII only defines seven, so the top bit is always zero.
How do I write vertical tab in a string?
Most languages accept the escape \v. Writing the raw character instead works in some contexts and breaks in others, which is what the escape exists to avoid.
Other characters
- ASCII code for form feed — 12
- ASCII code for carriage return — 13
- ASCII code for shift out — 14
- ASCII code for shift in — 15
- ASCII code for data link escape — 16
- ASCII code for device control 1 (xon) — 17
- ASCII code for device control 2 — 18
- ASCII code for device control 3 (xoff) — 19
- ASCII code for device control 4 — 20
- ASCII code for negative acknowledge — 21
- ASCII code for synchronous idle — 22
- ASCII code for end of transmission block — 23
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