code point

Definitions

A numerical offset in a character set, etc., as opposed to a displayed grapheme or character, which can be composed of several code points.

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Examples

“In UTF-8, the number⟳ of bytes used to write⟳ a character to a file⟳ depends on the Unicode code point⟳.”

“A code point⟳ is one entry in the Unicode character database. A code point⟳ is not the same as a character, depending on the meaning you give⟳ to “character.” What appears as a character on screen is called a grapheme in Unicode.”

“Today, Unicode defines 1,112,064 code points, far exceeding the 2-byte capacity originally set⟳ aside for Unicode characters. A Unicode code point⟳ is simply an integer value that Unicode associates with a particular character symbol; you can think⟳ of it as the Unicode equivalent of the ASCII code for a character.”

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