Code point

Code point

(1) Any value in the Unicode codespace; that is, the range of integers from 0 to 10FFFF16. Not all code points are assigned to encoded characters. See code point type. (2) A value, or position, for a character, in any coded character set.

A code point is also known as a code position.

See D77 for the definition of code unit.

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