Array Separators

[Gary Yonaites]

I know these control codes originated for use with paper tapes and  
migrated to some use as modem control codes. I doubt you will run  
into them (other than the common usage ones like lf, cr, tab etc.) in  
normal use. I would like to hear more on the problem using chr(0)  
that you mention since I have not run into that as of yet. My  
personal favorites for unique non-printing separators has been the chr 
(0) & chr(1) together with the chr(127). I also use the chr(165)  
bullet symbol for an easily spotted printable separator.

On Mar 17, 2008, at 6:06 AM, Mark Terry wrote:

> Wow. It looks like there might be lots of potential candidates in the
> control characters. I wonder, though, if some of the more arcane
> characters (audible bell, substitute character, device control, start
> of header or text, etc.) aren't still being used somewhere, or have
> acquired new assignments.  Does anyone know which of these characters
> might be good, or bad, and why?