Double Vertical Line vs Swung Dash
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Property Comparison
| Property | ‖ 2016 | ⁓ 2053 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Double Vertical Line | Swung Dash |
| Category | Punctuation | Punctuation |
| Block | General Punctuation | General Punctuation |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Punctuation (Po) | Other Punctuation (Po) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2016 | 2053 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2016 | U+2053 |
| HTML Decimal | ‖ | ⁓ |
| HTML Hex | ‖ | ⁓ |
| CSS | \2016 | \2053 |
| JavaScript | \u{2016} | \u{2053} |
| Python | \u2016 | \u2053 |
| UTF-8 | e2 80 96 | e2 81 93 |
How to Distinguish
Both Double Vertical Line and Swung Dash 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.