U+2343 "⍃" Apl Functional Symbol Quad Less-Than Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+2343 "⍃" Apl Functional Symbol Quad Less-Than is a specialized glyph used within the APL programming language, where it represents a specific functional operation combining the notion of a quad, which often denotes input/output or a generic placeholder, with a less-than symbol. In APL's notation, this character typically signifies a relational or structural comparison function, often employed in array-oriented programming to test for or indicate that one value is less than another within a computational context. As part of the larger set of APL functional symbols, it enables concise and expressive code, reflecting the language's design for mathematical and data manipulation tasks.
⍂
Previous
U+2342
Apl Functional Symbol Quad Backslash
⍄
Next
U+2344
Apl Functional Symbol Quad Greater-Than
General Properties
Code Point
U+2343
Name
Apl Functional Symbol Quad Less-Than
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
⍃
HTML Hex Encoding
⍃
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0x8D 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding
0x2343
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00002343
C/C++/Java Escape
\u2343
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Common