Caret vs Pop Directional Formatting
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Property Comparison
| Property | ‸ 2038 | 202C |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Caret | Pop Directional Formatting |
| Category | Punctuation | Punctuation |
| Block | General Punctuation | General Punctuation |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Punctuation (Po) | Format (Cf) |
| Bidirectional | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2038 | 202C |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2038 | U+202C |
| HTML Decimal | ‸ | ‬ |
| HTML Hex | ‸ | ‬ |
| CSS | \2038 | \202C |
| JavaScript | \u{2038} | \u{202C} |
| Python | \u2038 | \u202c |
| UTF-8 | e2 80 b8 | e2 80 ac |
How to Distinguish
Both Caret and Pop Directional Formatting belong to the Punctuation category and the General Punctuation block. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
Tip: Paste the character into a hex editor or use
charCodeAt()
in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.