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 or Glyph	Name	Is an Apl Function	Usable in Identifiers	Has Key	Key Value	Key Value (Hex)
	A Underline: A {A_} Special Symbols	No	Yes	None	9398 or 57398 [1]	24B6 or E036 [1]
	Z Underline: Z {Z_} Special Symbols	No	Yes	None	9423 or 57423 [1]	24CF or E04F [1]
0	0 - Zero Special Symbols	No	Second and subsequent characters	0	0030	001E
9	9 - Nine Special Symbols	No	Second and subsequent characters	9	0039	0027
|	{abs}	Yes	No	SHIFT+\	0124 or 2223 [2]	007C or 08AF [2]
⍺	{alpha}	No	Yes	ALT+A	9082	237A
∧	{and}	Yes	No	ALT+0 (Zero)	8743	2227
←	{assign}	Yes	No	ALT+[	8592	2190
⊥	{basevalue}	Yes	No	ALT+B	8869	22A5
⌈	{ceiling}	Yes	No	ALT+S	8968	2308
○	{circle}	Yes	No	ALT+O	9675	25CB
⊖	{circlebar}	Yes	No	ALT+SHIFT+7	8854	2296
⊙	{circlemiddledot}	Yes	No	ALT+SHIFT+/ (Slash)	8857	2299
⍉	{circleslope}	Yes	No	ALT+SHIFT+6	9033	2349
⌽	{circlestile}	Yes	No	ALT+SHIFT+5	9021	233D
,	{comma}	Yes	No	,	0044	002C
⍪	{commabar}	Yes	No	ALT+SHIFT+` (Accent Grave)	9066	236A
⍝	{comment}	Yes	No	ALT+, (Comma)	9053	235D
⍨	{commute}	YesNo	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	9064	2368
∘	{compose}	YesNo	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	8728	2218}
†	{dagger}	No	No	SHIFT+ALT+?	0123	007B
∇	{del}	Yes	No	ALT+G	8711	2207
∆	{delta}	No	Yes	ALT+H	8710	2206
⍙	{deltaunderbar}	No	Yes	ALT+SHIFT+H	9049	2359
⊢	{dex}	Yes	No	ALT+\	8866	22A2
⋄	{diamond}	Yes	No	ALT+`	8900	22C4
¨	{dieresis}	Yes	No	ALT+1 (One)	0168	00A8
×	{direction}	Yes	No	ALT+- (Minus)	0215	00D7
÷	{divide}	Yes	No	ALT+= (Equal)	0247	00F7
⌹	{domino}	Yes	No	ALT+SHIFT+= (Equal)	9017	2339
∪	{downshoe}	YesNo	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	8746	222A
⍦	{downshoestile}	No	No	SHIFT+ALT+?	9062	2366
⌊	{downstile}	Yes	No	ALT+D	8970	230A
⊤	{downtack}	Yes	No	ALT+N	8868	22A4
↓	{drop}	Yes	No	SHIFT+ALT+?	8595	2193
¨	{each}	YesNo	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	0168	00A8
⊂	{enclose}	YesNo	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	8834	2282
∊	{epsilon}	YesNo	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	8714	220A
⍷	{epsilonunderbar}	Yes	No	ALT+SHIFT+E	9079	2377
=	{equal}	Yes	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	0061	003D
⍎	{execute}	Yes	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	9038	234E
!	{factorial}	Yes	No	SHIFT+1 (One)	0033	0021
⍷	{find}	YesNo	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	9079	2377
⌊	{floor}	Yes	No	ALT+D	8970	230A
⍕	{format}	Yes	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	9045	2355
⍢	Dual operator {frog}	No	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	9058	2362
≥	greater than or equal {ge}	Yes	No Yes	SHIFT+ALT+?	8805	2265
→	{goto}	Yes	No	ALT+]	8594	2192
⍒	{gradedown}	Yes	No	ALT+SHIFT+3	9042	2352
⍋	{gradeup}	Yes	No	ALT+SHIFT+4	9035	234B
⍳	{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	235F
|	{magnitude}	Yes	No	SHIFT+\ (Backslash)	124 or 2223	{{{hex}}}
≡	{match}	Yes	No	ALT+SHIFT+1 (One)	8801	{{{hex}}}
-	{minus}	Yes	No	+	45	{{{hex}}}
≢	{mismatch}	Yes	No	ALT+SHIFT+2	8802	2262
|	{mod}	Yes	No	SHIFT+\ (Backslash)	124 or 2223	{{{hex}}}
×	{multiply}	Yes	No	ALT+- (Minus)	215	{{{hex}}}
⍲	{nand}	Yes	No	ALT+SHIFT+0 (zero)	9074	{{{hex}}}
≠	not equal {ne}	Yes	No	SHIFT+ALT+?	8800	{{{hex}}}
¯	{neg}	Yes	No	ALT+2	175	{{{hex}}}
≢	{notmatch}	Yes	No	ALT+SHIFT+2	8802	2262
⍱	{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	ALT+SHIFT+5	9021	233D
§	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	ALT+SHIFT+6	9033	2349
_	{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}}}

Notes

[1] NARS2000 generates the underlined characters using the Unicode Private Character range 57398-57423 or 0xE036-0xE04F; the SimPL Medium and APL385 Unicode can use the circled letters at 9398-2423 or 0x24B6-0x24CF to substitute for these.

[2] The ABS symbol is typed as character 124, but the Unicode symbol is 2223.

Unicode Symbol Names

Glyph	Unicode (Hex)	Name
⍺	237A	Alpha
⍶	2376	Alpha Underbar
\	005C	Back Slash
⍀	2340	Back Slash Bar
○	25CB	Circle
⍉	2349	Circle Back Slash
⊖	2296	Circle Bar
⍥	2365	Circle Dieresis
⌾	233E	Circle Jot
∅	2205	Circle Slash
⍟	235F	Circle Star
⌽	233D	Circle Stile
⍜	235C	Circle Underbar
[[:]]	003A	Colon
,	002C	Comma
⍪	236A	Comma Bar
∇	2207	Del
⍢	2362	Del Dieresis
⍒	2352	Del Stile
⍫	236B	Del Tilde
∆	2206	Delta
⍋	234B	Delta Stile
⍙	2359	Delta Underbar
⋄	22C4	Diamond
⍚	235A	Diamond Underbar
¨	00A8	Dieresis
∵	2235	Dieresis Dot
÷	00F7	Divide
$	0024	Dollar Sign
.	002E	Dot
↓	2193	Down Arrow
∨	2228	Down Caret
⍱	2371	Down Caret Tilde
∪	222A	Down Shoe
⍦	2366	Down Shoe Stile
⌊	230A	Down Stile
⊤	22A4	Down Tack
⍡	2361	Down Tack Dieresis
⍕	2355	Down Tack Jot
⍑	2351	Down Tack Overbar
⍖	2356	Down Vane
∊	220A	Epsilon
⍷	2377	Epsilon Underbar
=	003D	Equal
>	003E	Greater Than
⍩	2369	Greater Than Dieresis
≥	2265	Greater Than or Equal
⌶	2336	I?Beam
⍳	2373	Iota
⍸	2378	Iota Underbar
∘	2218	Jot
⍤	2364	Jot Dieresis
⍛	235B	Jot Underbar
←	2190	Left Arrow
{	007B	Left Brace
[	005B	Left Bracket
(	0028	Left Parenthesis
⊂	2282	Left Shoe
⍧	2367	Left Shoe Stile
⊆	2286	Left Shoe Underbar
⊣	22A3	Left Tack
⍅	2345	Left Vane
<	003C	Less Than
≤	2264	Less Than or Equal
−	2212	Minus
×	00D7	Multiply
≠	2260	Not Equal
≢	2262	Not Same
⍵	2375	Omega
¯	00AF	Overbar
+	002B	Plus
▯	25AF	Quad
⍂	2342	Quad Backslash
⌼	233C	Quad Circle
⍠	2360	Quad Colon
⍔	2354	Quad Del
⍍	234D	Quad Delta
⌺	233A	Quad Diamond
⌹	2339	Quad Divide
⍗	2357	Quad Down Arrow
⍌	234C	Quad Down Caret
⌸	2338	Quad Equal
⍄	2344	Quad Greater Than
⌻	233B	Quad Jot
⍇	2347	Quad Left Arrow
⍃	2343	Quad Less Than
⍯	236F	Quad Not Equal
⍰	2370	Quad Question
⍈	2348	Quad Right Arrow
⍁	2341	Quad Slash
⍓	2353	Quad Up Caret
?	003F	Question
'	0027	Quote
!	0021	Quote Dot
⍞	235E	Quote Quad
⍘	2358	Quote Underbar
⍴	2374	Rho
→	2192	Right Arrow
}	007D	Right Brace
]	005D	Right Bracket
)	0029	Right Parenthesis
⊃	2283	Right Shoe
⊇	2287	Right Shoe Underbar
⊢	22A2	Right Tack
⍆	2346	Right Vane
≡	2261	Same
;	003B	Semicolon
⍮	236E	Semicolon Underbar
/	002F	Slash
⌿	233F	Slash Bar
⌷	2337	Squish Quad
⋆	22C6	Star
⍣	2363	Star Dieresis
∣	2223	Stile
⍭	236D	Stile Tilde
∼	223C	Tilde
⍨	2368	Tilde Dieresis
↑	2191	Up Arrow
∧	2227	Up Caret
⍲	2372	Up Caret Tilde
∩	2229	Up Shoe
⍝	235D	Up Shoe Jot
⌈	2308	Up Stile
⊥	22A5	Up Tack
⍎	234E	Up Tack Jot
⍊	234A	Up Tack Underbar
⍏	234F	Up Vane
⍬	236C	Zilde

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