LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK vs RIGHT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
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Property Comparison
| Property | « U+00AB | » U+00BB |
|---|---|---|
| Name | LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK | RIGHT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK |
| Block | Latin-1 Supplement | Latin-1 Supplement |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| Category | Initial Punctuation (Pi) | Final Punctuation (Pf) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | U+00AB | U+00BB |
|---|---|---|
| unicode | U+00AB | U+00BB |
| decimal | 171 | 187 |
| htmldecimal | « | » |
| htmlhex | « | » |
| css | \00AB | \00BB |
| javascript | \u{AB} | \u{BB} |
| python | \u00ab | \u00bb |
| java | \u00AB | \u00BB |
| go | \u00AB | \u00BB |
| ruby | \u{AB} | \u{BB} |
| rust | \u{AB} | \u{BB} |
| ccpp | \u00ab | \u00bb |
| urlencoded | %C2%AB | %C2%BB |
| utf8bytes | c2 ab | c2 bb |
| utf16bebytes | 00 ab | 00 bb |
| utf32bebytes | 00 00 00 ab | 00 00 00 bb |
How to Distinguish
Both LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK and RIGHT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK belong to the Latin-1 Supplement block and Zyyy script. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
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