0xA6

0xA6 is a hexadecimal notation used in computing to represent the number 166. The prefix 0x is commonly used in many programming languages to denote a value written in base 16.

In character encodings, the byte value 0xA6 maps to the broken bar character, ¦, in several Western encodings such as ISO/IEC 8859-1 (Latin-1) and Windows-1252. This symbol is used in typography and sometimes as a vertical bar or separator in legacy text. In Unicode, the character is represented by the code point U+00A6 (Broken Bar). The symbol is included in standard character sets and can be rendered in most fonts that support Latin-1 or Unicode.

As a single byte value, 0xA6 may appear in binary data, source code, or network protocols. Its interpretation depends on the surrounding encoding or context. In UTF-8 encoded text, a byte with the value 0xA6 would not stand alone as a valid character; it would be part of a multi-byte sequence representing a single code point.

Summary: 0xA6 denotes the decimal value 166, is commonly associated with the broken bar symbol in Latin-1 and Windows-1252 encodings, and appears as a single byte in various data contexts, with encoding rules determining its exact interpretation in text. See also hexadecimal notation, Unicode, and related character encodings.