As every language contains a set of characters used to construct words, statements, etc., C language also has a set of characters which include alphabets, digits, and special symbols. C language supports a total of 256 characters.
Every C program contains statements. These statements are constructed using words and these words are constructed using characters from C character set. C language character set contains the following set of characters...
- Alphabets
- Digits
- Special Symbols
- White Spaces
1. Alphabets
C language supports all the alphabets from the English language. Lower and upper case letters together support 52 alphabets.
lower case letters - a to z
UPPER CASE LETTERS - A to Z
2. Digits
C language supports 10 digits which are used to construct numerical values in C language.
Digits - 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
3. Special Symbols
C language supports a rich set of special symbols that include symbols to perform mathematical operations, to check conditions, white spaces, backspaces, and other special symbols.
Special Symbols - ~ @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ - + = { } [ ] ; : ' " / ? . > , < \ | tab newline space NULL bell backspace verticaltab etc.,
4. White Spaces
In C Programming, white spaces contains:
- Blank Spaces
- Tab
- Carriage Return
- New Line
Summary of Special Characters in C
Here is a table that represents all the types of character sets that we can use in the C language:
|
Type of Character |
Description |
Characters |
|
Lowercase Alphabets |
a to 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 |
|
Uppercase Alphabets |
A to 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 |
|
Digits |
0 to 9 |
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
|
Special Characters |
– |
` ~ @ ! $ # ^ * % & ( ) [ ] { } < > + = _ – | / \ ; : ‘ “ , . ? |
|
White Spaces |
– |
Blank Spaces, Carriage Return, Tab, New Line |