Convert Bytes to ASCII

How to Use Convert Bytes to ASCII

1. Paste byte values as space-, comma-, or newline-separated integers. Mix is fine - the parser tokenises on any of those. Hex (0x48) and binary (0b01001000) prefixes are detected automatically in “Auto” mode.
2. Pick a base, or leave on Auto. Force Hex when bare hex (48 65 6c) might otherwise be interpreted as decimal. Force Decimal if your input has no prefixes but you know it’s numeric.
3. Choose encoding. UTF-8 (default) correctly handles multi-byte chars like é (2 bytes), 中 (3 bytes), 😀 (4 bytes). Latin-1 treats each byte independently as a Western-European character. ASCII strict flags any byte > 127 as invalid.
4. Watch the stats line: total tokens, valid bytes, base used, codepoints produced, non-ASCII count, replacement-char count (if any bytes weren’t valid UTF-8).
5. Check invalid tokens. Out-of-range values (256+) are flagged. Non-numeric tokens (like stray labels) are silently dropped with the default Strip setting; uncheck to error instead - useful when data cleanliness matters.
6. Try a known example. 72 101 108 108 111 → Hello. 240 159 152 128 UTF-8 → 😀. If you get unexpected output, the encoding likely doesn’t match your source.
7. Copy or download. Ctrl+Enter / Cmd+Enter decodes and copies in one step.