Middle Dot vs Right Angle Dotted Substitution Marker
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Property Comparison
| Property | · 00B7 | ⸁ 2E01 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Middle Dot | Right Angle Dotted Substitution Marker |
| Category | Punctuation | Punctuation |
| Block | Latin-1 Supplement | Supplemental Punctuation |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Punctuation (Po) | Other Punctuation (Po) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 00B7 | 2E01 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+00B7 | U+2E01 |
| HTML Decimal | · | ⸁ |
| HTML Hex | · | ⸁ |
| CSS | \00B7 | \2E01 |
| JavaScript | \u{B7} | \u{2E01} |
| Python | \u00b7 | \u2e01 |
| UTF-8 | c2 b7 | e2 b8 81 |
How to Distinguish
Both Middle Dot and Right Angle Dotted Substitution Marker 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.