Broken Bar vs Comma
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Property Comparison
| Property | ¦ 00A6 | , 002C |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Broken Bar | Comma |
| Category | Latin Extended | Latin Extended |
| Block | Latin-1 Supplement | Basic Latin |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Symbol (So) | Other Punctuation (Po) |
| Bidirectional | ON | CS |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 00A6 | 002C |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+00A6 | U+002C |
| HTML Decimal | ¦ | , |
| HTML Hex | ¦ | , |
| CSS | \00A6 | \002C |
| JavaScript | \u{A6} | \u{2C} |
| Python | \u00a6 | \u002c |
| UTF-8 | c2 a6 | 2c |
How to Distinguish
Both Broken Bar and Comma are in the Latin Extended category but reside in different Unicode blocks. Check the codepoint to tell them apart.
Tip: Paste the character into a hex editor or use
charCodeAt()
in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.