U+0085 "NEL" NEXT LINE Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

NEL

U+0085 "NEL" NEXT LINE is a control character originally defined in the EBCDIC encoding standard, where it was used to indicate the end of a line and the beginning of a new one, similar to a line break. In Unicode, it is part of the C1 control character set and serves a comparable function to LINE FEED (LF) or CARRIAGE RETURN (CR), but it is rarely used in modern text processing. Its primary purpose is to maintain compatibility with older EBCDIC systems, and it is not considered a standard line terminator in most contemporary file formats or operating systems, which typically rely on LF, CR, or CR+LF sequences.

General Properties

Code Point
U+0085
Unicode 1.0 Name
Next Line (Nel)
Alias
NEL (abbreviation)
NEXT LINE (control)

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
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HTML Hex Encoding
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UTF-8 Encoding
0xC2 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding
0x0085
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00000085
C/C++/Java Escape
\u0085