HYPHEN-MINUS character

HYPHEN-MINUS
U+002D
45
-
-
Pd (Dash Punctuation)
ES (European Number Separator)
N
0
Basic Latin
0
BMP
Basic Multilingual Plane
0000-FFFF
-












HYPHEN-MINUS is a dash or hyphen punctuation mark from the Basic Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of HYPHEN-MINUS is European Number Separator (Weak). It belongs to the punctuation marks used with numbers, like the plus sign and the minus sign. Treated like digits when they occur as part of a number and like punctuation the rest of the time..

The European Separator (ES) bidi class is applied to characters like the plus and minus signs (+, -) that are used in conjunction with European numbers. These characters are treated neutrally but are crucial for maintaining the correct representation of arithmetic expressions within bidirectional text.

Dash Punctuation (Pd) refers to characters that serve as dashes in text. Dashes are used to indicate ranges, interruptions, or separations in text. Examples include the hyphen (-), en dash (–), and em dash (—).

This character belongs to the Basic Latin block. The Basic Latin block, also known as the ASCII block, is foundational in computing and text processing. It includes the standard English alphabet (both uppercase and lowercase), Arabic numerals (0-9), and essential punctuation marks like periods, commas, and parentheses. ASCII, which stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange, was developed in the 1960s and remains a cornerstone of text encoding. This block is indispensable for programming, data interchange, and everyday digital communication, forming the basis for many other Unicode blocks..