Left-To-Right Embedding vs Middle Dot
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Property Comparison
| Property | 202A | · 00B7 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Left-To-Right Embedding | Middle Dot |
| Category | Punctuation | Punctuation |
| Block | General Punctuation | Latin-1 Supplement |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Format (Cf) | Other Punctuation (Po) |
| Bidirectional | LRE | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 202A | 00B7 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+202A | U+00B7 |
| HTML Decimal | ‪ | · |
| HTML Hex | ‪ | · |
| CSS | \202A | \00B7 |
| JavaScript | \u{202A} | \u{B7} |
| Python | \u202a | \u00b7 |
| UTF-8 | e2 80 aa | c2 b7 |
How to Distinguish
Both Left-To-Right Embedding 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.