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Bit -- Value

1 -- 1

11 -- 3

111 -- 7

1111 -- 15

11111 -- 31

111111 -- 63

1111111 -- 127

11111111 -- 255

111111111-- 511

1111111111 -- 1023

Therefore - 10 bits would be more than adequate (unless you had to represent capitals and lower case - in which case you would need one more bit).

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