0x97

0x97 is the hexadecimal representation of the integer value 151. The prefix 0x denotes a hexadecimal literal in many programming languages, including C, C++, Java, Python, and JavaScript.

As a binary value, 0x97 equals 10010111 (binary). In an 8-bit two's complement system, that byte represents -105 if interpreted as signed.

In Unicode and text encodings, the byte value 0x97 can map to different characters depending on the encoding. In Unicode code points, the value 0x97 corresponds to U+0097, a control character in the C1 control set, which is not printable. In legacy encodings such as Windows-1252 or ISO/IEC 8859-1, the same byte may correspond to a distinct printable symbol, with mappings differing by encoding.

In computing practice, 0x97 is commonly used as a hexadecimal literal to express constants, memory addresses, color component values (as part of hexadecimal color formats), and bit patterns. It also appears in contexts like hex dumps, network protocols, and low-level programming.

See also: hexadecimal notation, numeric literals, two's complement, character encoding.