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.

Symbol Names
Symbol	Name	Value	Symbol	Name	Value	Symbol	Name	Value
	{{{sy}}} {A_}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
	{{{sy}}} {Z_}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
⍺	{alpha}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
⌈	{ceiling}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
∘	{compose}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
†	{{{sy}}} {dagger}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
∇	{del}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
∆	{delta}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
⍙	{deltaunderbar}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
∪	{downshoe}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
⍦	{downshoestile}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
↓	{drop}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
⊂	{enclose}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
∊	{epsilon}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
⍷	{{{sy}}} {find}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
⌊	{floor}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
⍢	{{{sy}}} {frog}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
⍥	{upon}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
⍳	{iota}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
⍸	{iotaunderbar}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
∘	{jot}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
⍵	{omega}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
~	{not}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
*	{power}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
π	{pi}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
⊃	{pick}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
○	{pitimes}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
⎕	{quad}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
⍂	{quadslope}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
?	{{{sy}}} {query}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
⍤	{rank}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
⊤	{represent}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
⍴	{rho}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
√	{root}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
⊃	{rightshoe}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
§	{{{sy}}} {section}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
⍣	{sourpuss}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
⍡	{{{sy}}} {snout}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
⌷	{squad}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
∪	{union}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
↑	{uparrow}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
∩	{upshoe}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
⊥	{uptack}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
↑	{take}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
⍨	{commute}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
⊇	{rightshoeunderbar}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
⊆	{leftshoeunderbar}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
⋄	{diamond}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
¨	{dieresis}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
¨	{each}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
¯	{neg}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
≤	{{{sy}}} {le}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
=	{equal}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}
≥	{{{sy}}} {ge}	{{{F}}}	{{{ID}}}	{{{k}}}	{{{num}}}	{{{hex}}}

≠ Ne not equal

≡ equalunderbar

∨

∧

×

÷

⍪

≡

≢

⍒

⍋

⌽ or reverse

⍉

⊖

⍟ or ln

⍱

⍲

⌹

← or is

→ or rightarrow

⊣

⍞

⍬

⊢

⍎

⍕

⍝

⍀

⌿

⊙

*

*

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