Double Exclamation Mark vs Middle Dot
VS
Property Comparison
| Property | ‼ 203C | · 00B7 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Double Exclamation Mark | Middle Dot |
| Category | Punctuation | Punctuation |
| Block | General Punctuation | Latin-1 Supplement |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Punctuation (Po) | Other Punctuation (Po) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 203C | 00B7 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+203C | U+00B7 |
| HTML Decimal | ‼ | · |
| HTML Hex | ‼ | · |
| CSS | \203C | \00B7 |
| JavaScript | \u{203C} | \u{B7} |
| Python | \u203c | \u00b7 |
| UTF-8 | e2 80 bc | c2 b7 |
How to Distinguish
Both Double Exclamation Mark and Middle Dot are in the Punctuation 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.