U+2344 "⍄" Apl Functional Symbol Quad Greater-Than Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+2344 "⍄" Apl Functional Symbol Quad Greater-Than is a graphical symbol used within the APL programming language to represent a specific functional operation, combining the visual elements of a square or "quad" container with a greater-than sign. In APL, this symbol typically denotes a function that returns a Boolean result based on a comparison or selection process, often testing whether one array is greater than another it is applied to. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that this specialized notation can be consistently rendered across different digital platforms, preserving the syntax and readability of APL code in modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2344 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Apl Functional Symbol Quad Greater-Than |
| Block | Miscellaneous Technical |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⍄ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⍄ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x8D 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2344 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002344 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2344 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Pattern Syntax | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |