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Long Division vs Plus-Minus Sign

Long Division
27CC
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±
Plus-Minus Sign
00B1
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VS

Property Comparison

Property ⟌ 27CC ± 00B1
Name Long Division Plus-Minus Sign
Category Math Symbols Math Symbols
Block Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A Latin-1 Supplement
Script Zyyy Zyyy
General Category Math Symbol (Sm) Math Symbol (Sm)
Bidirectional ON ET

Encoding Comparison

Format 27CC 00B1
Unicode U+27CC U+00B1
HTML Decimal ⟌ ±
HTML Hex ⟌ ±
CSS \27CC \00B1
JavaScript \u{27CC} \u{B1}
Python \u27cc \u00b1
UTF-8 e2 9f 8c c2 b1

How to Distinguish

Both Long Division 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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