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End Of Proof vs Plus-Minus Sign

End Of Proof
220E
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Plus-Minus Sign
00B1
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Property Comparison

Property ∎ 220E ± 00B1
Name End Of Proof Plus-Minus Sign
Category Math Symbols Math Symbols
Block Mathematical Operators Latin-1 Supplement
Script Zyyy Zyyy
General Category Math Symbol (Sm) Math Symbol (Sm)
Bidirectional ON ET

Encoding Comparison

Format 220E 00B1
Unicode U+220E U+00B1
HTML Decimal ∎ ±
HTML Hex ∎ ±
CSS \220E \00B1
JavaScript \u{220E} \u{B1}
Python \u220e \u00b1
UTF-8 e2 88 8e c2 b1

How to Distinguish

Both End Of Proof and Plus-Minus Sign are in the Math Symbols 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.

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