Proportional To vs Set Minus
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Property Comparison
| Property | ∝ 221D | ∖ 2216 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Proportional To | Set Minus |
| Category | Math Symbols | Math Symbols |
| Block | Mathematical Operators | Mathematical Operators |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Math Symbol (Sm) | Math Symbol (Sm) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 221D | 2216 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+221D | U+2216 |
| HTML Decimal | ∝ | ∖ |
| HTML Hex | ∝ | ∖ |
| CSS | \221D | \2216 |
| JavaScript | \u{221D} | \u{2216} |
| Python | \u221d | \u2216 |
| UTF-8 | e2 88 9d | e2 88 96 |
How to Distinguish
Both Proportional To and Set Minus belong to the Math Symbols category and the Mathematical Operators block. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
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charCodeAt()
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