A scan code is a number which is sent from the keyboard to the computer once a key has been pressed.
The table below contains the keyboard scan codes in decimal as well as in hexadecimal format.
Useful and cross-version information about the programming environments of QBasic, QuickBasic and Visual Basic for DOS.
| Key | Code (hex) | Code (dec) |
| ESC | 01 | 001 |
| ! or 1 | 02 | 002 |
| @ or 2 | 03 | 003 |
| # or 3 | 04 | 004 |
| $ or 4 | 05 | 005 |
| % or 5 | 06 | 006 |
| ^ or 6 | 07 | 007 |
| & or 7 | 08 | 008 |
| * or 8 | 09 | 009 |
| ( or 9 | 0A | 010 |
| ) or 0 | 0B | 011 |
| _ or - | 0C | 012 |
| + or = | 0D | 013 |
| LEFT | 0E | 014 |
| TAB | 0F | 015 |
| Q | 10 | 016 |
| W | 11 | 017 |
| E | 12 | 018 |
| R | 13 | 019 |
| T | 14 | 020 |
| Y | 15 | 021 |
| U | 16 | 022 |
| I | 17 | 023 |
| O | 18 | 024 |
| P | 19 | 025 |
| { or [ | 1A | 026 |
| } or ] | 1B | 027 |
| ENTER | 1C | 028 |
| CTRL | 1D | 029 |
| A | 1E | 030 |
| S | 1F | 031 |
| D | 20 | 032 |
| F | 21 | 033 |
| G | 22 | 034 |
| H | 23 | 035 |
| J | 24 | 036 |
| K | 25 | 037 |
| L | 26 | 038 |
| : or ; | 27 | 039 |
| " or ' | 28 | 040 |
| or ` | 29 | 041 |
| LEFT SHIFT | 2A | 042 |
| | or \ | 2B | 043 |
| Key | Code (hex) | Code (dec) |
| Z | 2C | 044 |
| X | 2D | 045 |
| C | 2E | 046 |
| V | 2F | 047 |
| B | 30 | 048 |
| N | 31 | 049 |
| M | 32 | 050 |
| < or , | 33 | 051 |
| > or . | 34 | 052 |
| ? or / | 35 | 053 |
| RIGHT SHIFT | 36 | 054 |
| PRTSC or * | 37 | 055 |
| ALT | 38 | 056 |
| SPACEBAR | 39 | 057 |
| CAPSLOCK | 3A | 058 |
| F1 | 3B | 059 |
| F2 | 3C | 060 |
| F3 | 3D | 061 |
| F4 | 3E | 062 |
| F5 | 3F | 063 |
| F6 | 40 | 064 |
| F7 | 41 | 065 |
| F8 | 42 | 066 |
| F9 | 43 | 067 |
| F10 | 44 | 068 |
| NUMLOCK | 45 | 069 |
| SCROLL LOCK | 46 | 070 |
| HOME or 7 | 47 | 071 |
| UP or 8 | 48 | 072 |
| PGUP or 9 | 49 | 073 |
| - | 4A | 074 |
| LEFT or 4 | 4B | 075 |
| 5 | 4C | 076 |
| RIGHT or 6 | 4D | 077 |
| + | 4E | 078 |
| END or 1 | 4F | 079 |
| DOWN or 2 | 50 | 080 |
| PGDN or 3 | 51 | 081 |
| INS or 0 | 52 | 082 |
| DEL or . | 53 | 083 |
| F11 | 85 | 133 |
| F12 | 86 | 134 |