Character Information

This dialog box allows you to get various information about any Unicode character.

Code point — Enter the hexadecimal value of the Unicode character to lookup.

Character — Enter or paste the Unicode character to lookup.

Character type — Displays the general Unicode category of the character selected. For example '&' has for type "Po : OTHER_PUNCTUATION".

Numeric value — Displays the numeric value represented by the selected character. For example, the character U+216C (the Roman numeral fifty) will show the numeric value 50. if the selected character does not correspond to a given value, a value -1 is displayed.

Java isWhitespace() — Indicates whether the selected character is a Java white space or not. A Java white space character is it satisfies one of the following criteria:

• It is a Unicode space character (SPACE_SEPARATOR, LINE_SEPARATOR, or PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR) but is not also a non-breaking space (U+00A0, U+2007, U+202F).
• It is U+0009, or U+000A, or U+000B, or U+000C, or U+000D, or U+001C, or U+001D, or U+001E, or U+001F.

Is Unicode white space — Indicates whether the selected character is a Unicode white space. A Unicode character is a character that is in one of the following categories: SPACE_SEPARATOR, LINE_SEPARATOR, PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR.