fɔːɹ ɛɡzˈæmpəl, kˈæɹɪktɚ zˈiəɹoʊ ˈɛks zˈiəɹoʊ ˈeɪ ɹˌɛpɹᵻzˈɛnts ðə "lˈaɪn fˈiːd" fˈʌŋkʃən wˌɪtʃ kˈɔːzᵻz ɐ pɹˈɪntɚ tʊ ɐdvˈæns ɪts pˈeɪpɚ, ænd kˈæɹɪktɚɹ ˈeɪt ɹˌɛpɹᵻzˈɛnts "bˈækspeɪs".  ɹᵻfˈɜːz tə kəntɹˈoʊl kˈæɹɪktɚz ðæt duːnˌɑːt ɪŋklˈuːd kˈæɹɪdʒ ɹᵻtˈɜːn, lˈaɪn fˈiːd ɔːɹ wˈaɪt spˈeɪs æz nˈɑːnwˈaɪtspeɪs kəntɹˈoʊl kˈæɹɪktɚz.
For example, character 0x0A represents the "line feed" function (which causes a printer to advance its paper), and character 8 represents "backspace".  refers to control characters that do not include carriage return, line feed or white space as non-whitespace control characters.