What's the ASCII character code for '—'?

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Adam Sh picture Adam Sh · Apr 27, 2012 · Viewed 76.2k times · Source

I am working on decoding text. I am trying to find the character code for the — character, not to be mistaken for -, in ASCII. I have tried unsuccessfully. Does anybody know how to convert it?

Answer

Li0liQ picture Li0liQ · Apr 27, 2012

Quotation from wiki (Em dash)

When an actual em dash is unavailable—as in the ASCII character set—a double ("--") or triple hyphen-minus ("---") is used. In Unicode, the em dash is U+2014 (decimal 8212).

Em dash character is not a part of ASCII character set.

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