Cent Sign vs Dollar Sign
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Property Comparison
| Property | ¢ 00A2 | $ 0024 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Cent Sign | Dollar Sign |
| Category | Currency Signs | Currency Signs |
| Block | Latin-1 Supplement | Basic Latin |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Currency Symbol (Sc) | Currency Symbol (Sc) |
| Bidirectional | ET | ET |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 00A2 | 0024 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+00A2 | U+0024 |
| HTML Decimal | ¢ | $ |
| HTML Hex | ¢ | $ |
| CSS | \00A2 | \0024 |
| JavaScript | \u{A2} | \u{24} |
| Python | \u00a2 | \u0024 |
| UTF-8 | c2 a2 | 24 |
How to Distinguish
Both Cent Sign and Dollar Sign are in the Currency Signs 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.