Character names

Introduction

The characters used by this wiki and by NARS2000 when writing a workspace to disk have a specific name in order that they can be displayed in ASCII text and if necessary for display purposes they have a specific Unicode value so that they can be read exactly if read from a binary file and so they can be displayed within the APL font.

When it is necessary to describe a character it's usually easier to remember the name than a hexidecimal code number. For example, the APL quad symbol "⎕" is internalized as Unicode U+9109, it can be displayed on a web page using the symbol ⎕ or can be referenced on this wiki by the name {quad}. This wiki is set up to show these brace symbols as APL characters in ordinary text.

If you want to show a series of apl characters in monospace, you can surround them block like this: <apl>{quad}</apl> (which looks like this: ⎕) for regular size APL characters (which may be cut off on some displays), or <apll>{quad}</apll> for larger APL characters also in a monospace font, and looks like this: ⎕.

Names

The following are the names for the APL symbols. Some symbols have more than one name; either the typical APL use name is used or the description if there isn't a standard function name. If there is more information about the symbol the name will be a link; click on the link to go to the page for how the symbol is used.

Symbol Names
Symbol	Name	Is an Apl Function	Usable in Identifiers	Has Key	Key Value
	A Underline: A {A_} Special Symbols	No	Yes	None	57398
	Z Underline: Z {Z_} Special Symbols	No	Yes	None	57423
0	Zero Special Symbols	No	Second and subsequent characters	0	30
9	Nine Special Symbols	No	Second and subsequent characters	9	39
|	{abs}	Yes	No	SHIFT+\	124 or 2223	{{{hex}}}
⍺	{alpha}	No	Yes	ALT+A	9082	{{{hex}}}
∧	{and}	Yes	No	ALT+0 (Zero)	8743	{{{hex}}}
←	{assign}	Yes	No	ALT+[	8592	{{{hex}}}
⊥	{basevalue}	Yes	No	ALT+B	8869	{{{hex}}}
⌈	{ceiling}	Yes	No	ALT+S	8968	{{{hex}}}
○	{circle}	Yes	No	ALT+O	9675	{{{hex}}}
⊖	{circlebar}	YesNo	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	8854	{{{hex}}}
⊙	{circlemiddledot}	YesNo	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	8857	{{{hex}}}
⌽	{circlestile}	Yes	No	ALT+SHIFT+8	9055	{{{hex}}}
,	{comma}	Yes	No	,	44	{{{hex}}}
⍪	{commabar}	YesNo	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	9066	{{{hex}}}
⍝	{comment}	Yes	No	ALT+, (Comma)	9053	{{{hex}}}
⍨	{commute}	YesNo	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	9064	{{{hex}}}
∘	{compose}	YesNo	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	8728	{{{hex}}}}
†	{dagger}	No	No	SHIFT+ALT+?	123	{{{hex}}}
∇	{del}	Yes	No	ALT+G	8711	{{{hex}}}
∆	{delta}	No	Yes	ALT+H	8710	{{{hex}}}
⍙	{deltaunderbar}	No	Yes	ALT+SHIFT+H	9049	{{{hex}}}
⊢	{dex}	Yes	No	ALT+\	8866	{{{hex}}}
⋄	{diamond}	Yes	No	ALT+`	8900	{{{hex}}}
¨	{dieresis}	Yes	No	ALT+1 (One)	168	{{{hex}}}
×	{direction}	Yes	No	ALT+- (Minus)	215	{{{hex}}}
÷	{divide}	Yes	No	ALT+= (Equal)	247	{{{hex}}}
⌹	{domino}	Yes	No	ALT+SHIFT+= (Equal)	9017	{{{hex}}}
∪	{downshoe}	YesNo	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	8746	{{{hex}}}
⍦	{downshoestile}	No	No	SHIFT+ALT+?	9062	{{{hex}}}
⌊	{downstile}	Yes	No	ALT+D	8970	{{{hex}}}
⊤	{downtack}	Yes	No	ALT+N	8868	{{{hex}}}
↓	{drop}	Yes	No	SHIFT+ALT+?	8595	{{{hex}}}
¨	{each}	YesNo	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	168	{{{hex}}}
⊂	{enclose}	YesNo	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	8834	{{{hex}}}
∊	{epsilon}	YesNo	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	8714	{{{hex}}}
⍷	{epsilonunderbar}	Yes	No	ALT+SHIFT+E	9079	{{{hex}}}
=	{equal}	Yes	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	61	{{{hex}}}
⍎	{execute}	Yes	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	9038	{{{hex}}}
!	{factorial}	Yes	No	SHIFT+1 (One)	33	{{{hex}}}
⍷	{find}	YesNo	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	9079	{{{hex}}}
⌊	{floor}	Yes	No	ALT+D	8970	{{{hex}}}
⍕	{format}	Yes	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	9045	{{{hex}}}
⍢	Dual operator {frog}	No	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	9058	{{{hex}}}
≥	greater than or equal {ge}	Yes	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	8805	{{{hex}}}
→	{goto}	Yes	No	ALT+]	8594	{{{hex}}}
⍒	{gradedown}	YesNo	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	9042	{{{hex}}}
⍋	{gradeup}	YesNo	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	9035	{{{hex}}}
⍳	{iota}	Yes	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	9075	{{{hex}}}
⍸	{iotaunderbar}	YesNo	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	9080	{{{hex}}}
∘	{jot}	YesNo	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	8728	{{{hex}}}
⍝	{lamp}	Yes	No	ALT+, (Comma)	9053	{{{hex}}}
≤	less than or equal {le}	Yes	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	8804	{{{hex}}}
←	{leftarrow}	Yes	No	ALT+]	8592	{{{hex}}}
{	{leftbrace}	No	No	[	123	{{{hex}}}
⊆	{leftshoeunderbar}	YesNo	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	8838	{{{hex}}}
⊣	{lefttack}	Yes	No	ALT+SHIFT+\	8867	{{{hex}}}
⊣	{lev}	Yes	No	ALT+SHIFT+\ (Backslash)	8867	{{{hex}}}
⍟	{log}	Yes	No	ALT+SHIFT+8	9055	{{{hex}}}
|	{magnitude}	Yes	No	SHIFT+\ (Backslash)	124 or 2223	{{{hex}}}
≡	{match}	YesNo	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	8801	{{{hex}}}
-	{minus}	Yes	No	+	45	{{{hex}}}
≢	{mismatch}	YesNo	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	8802	{{{hex}}}
|	{mod}	Yes	No	SHIFT+\ (Backslash)	124 or 2223	{{{hex}}}
×	{multiply}	Yes	No	ALT+- (Minus)	215	{{{hex}}}
⍲	{nand}	YesNo	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	9074	{{{hex}}}
≠	not equal {ne}	YesNo	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	8800	{{{hex}}}
¯	{neg}	Yes	No	ALT+2	175	{{{hex}}}
⍱	{nor}	Yes	No	SHIFT+ALT+9	9073	{{{hex}}}
~	{not}	YesNo	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	126	{{{hex}}}
⍵	{omega}	No	Yes	ALT+W	9077	{{{hex}}}
∨	{or}	YesNo	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	8744	{{{hex}}}
⊣	{pass}	Yes	No	ALT+SHIFT+\ (Backslash)	8867	{{{hex}}}
π	{pi}	YesNo	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	960	{{{hex}}}
⊃	{pick}	YesNo	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	8835	{{{hex}}}
○	{pitimes}	Yes	No	ALT+O (Letter O)	9675	{{{hex}}}
+	{plus}	Yes	No	+	43	{{{hex}}}
*	{power}	Yes	No	SHIFT+8	42	{{{hex}}}
⎕	{quad}	Yes	No	ALT+L	9109	{{{hex}}}
⍂	{quadslope}	No	No	None	9026	{{{hex}}}
?	{query}	Yes	No	? (Question Mark	63	{{{hex}}}
⍞	{quotequad}	Yes	No	ALT+SHIFT+[ (Open Brace)	9054	{{{hex}}}
?	{random}	Yes	No	? (Question Mark)	63	{{{hex}}}
⍤	{rank}	Yes	No	ALT+SHIFT+J	9060	{{{hex}}}
⊤	{represent}	Yes	No	ALT+N	8868	{{{hex}}}
|	{residue}	Yes	No	SHIFT+\	124 or 2223	{{{hex}}}
⍴	{rho}	Yes	No	ALT+R	9076	{{{hex}}}
→	{rightarrow}	Yes	No	ALT+] (Close Brace)	8594	{{{hex}}}
}	{rightbrace}	No	No	]	125	{{{hex}}}
⊃	{rightshoe}	YesNo	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	8835	{{{hex}}}
⊇	{rightshoeunderbar}	YesNo	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	8839	{{{hex}}}
⊢	{righttack}	Yes	No	ALT+\ (Backslash)	8866	{{{hex}}}
√	{root}	Yes	No	ALT+SHIFT+R	8730	{{{hex}}}
⌽	{rotate}	Yes  No	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	9021	{{{hex}}}
§	Multiset Symmetric Difference {section}	Yes	No	ALT+SHIFT+S	167	{{{hex}}}
{shreik}	{shreik}	Yes	No	SHIFT+1 (One)	33	{{{hex}}}
×	{sign}	Yes	No	ALT+- (Minus)	215	{{{hex}}}
×	{signum}	Yes	No	ALT+- (Minus)	215	{{{hex}}}
⌿	{slashbar}	Yes  No	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	9023	{{{hex}}}
⍀	{slopebar}	Yes  No	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	9024	{{{hex}}}
⍣	{sourpuss}	No	No	SHIFT+ALT+?	9059	{{{hex}}}
⍡	Convolution {snout}	No	No	SHIFT+ALT+?	9057	{{{hex}}}
⌷	{squad}	Yes  No	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	9015	{{{hex}}}
*	{star}	Yes	No	SHIFT+8	42	{{{hex}}}
|	{stile}	Yes	No	SHIFT+\ (Backslash)	124 or 2223	{{{hex}}}
⊢	{stop}	Yes	No	ALT+\ (Backslash)	8866	{{{hex}}}
↑	{take}	Yes	No	ALT+Y	8593	{{{hex}}}
×	{times}	Yes	No	ALT+- (ALT Minus)	215	{{{hex}}}
⍉	{transpose}	Yes  No	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	9033	{{{hex}}}
_	{underbar}	No	Yes	SHIFT - (Minus)	0095	{{{hex}}}
∪	{union}	Yes  No	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	8746	{{{hex}}}
↑	{uparrow}	Yes  No	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	8593	{{{hex}}}
⍥	{upon}	Yes  No	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	9061	{{{hex}}}
∩	{upshoe}	Yes  No	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	8745	{{{hex}}}
⌈	{upstile}	Yes	No	ALT+S	8968	{{{hex}}}
⊥	{uptack}	Yes	No	ALT+B	8869	{{{hex}}}
⍬	{zilde}	Yes	No	ALT+SHIFT+] (Close Brace)	9068	{{{hex}}}

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