Middle Dot vs Pop Directional Formatting
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Property Comparison
| Property | · 00B7 | 202C |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Middle Dot | Pop Directional Formatting |
| Category | Punctuation | Punctuation |
| Block | Latin-1 Supplement | General Punctuation |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Punctuation (Po) | Format (Cf) |
| Bidirectional | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 00B7 | 202C |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+00B7 | U+202C |
| HTML Decimal | · | ‬ |
| HTML Hex | · | ‬ |
| CSS | \00B7 | \202C |
| JavaScript | \u{B7} | \u{202C} |
| Python | \u00b7 | \u202c |
| UTF-8 | c2 b7 | e2 80 ac |
How to Distinguish
Both Middle Dot and Pop Directional Formatting 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.