Text to Octal

What Is the Text to Octal Converter?

This tool makes it easy to turn any ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) character into the octal number that corresponds with it. The tool is very easy to use, completely free, and works in your browser without a download. It requires no specialized knowledge to use, and works very quickly. You can use it as often as you like, as well.

For those unfamiliar, the characters in ASCII encoding include letters A through Z (both the lowercase and uppercase versions), numbers 0 through 9, and many of the basic punctuation symbols. Octal numbers use a base 8 numbering system, which uses the digits 0 to 7 to represent its numbers.

How to Use the Text to Octal Converter

1. Begin by entering your text into the "Text" box on the left side of the screen.
2. Once you've fully entered your text, convert it to octal by clicking the "Convert Text to Octal" button.
3. Within a second, the corresponding octal numbers will appear in the "Octal" box on the right side of the screen.
4. You're able to quickly and easily download or copy the octal numbers by clicking one of the icons above the "Octal" box.
5. To start from scratch with new text, it's as easy as clicking the eraser icon above the "Text" box, and repeating these steps.
6. If you need to turn things around and convert octal numbers to text, simply press the "Go to Octal to Text Converter" button.