ASCII Character ∞
InfinityThe infinity symbol is a mathematical symbol representing the concept of infinity. This symbol is also called a lemniscate, after the lemniscate curves of a similar shape studied in algebraic geometry, or "lazy eight", in the terminology of livestock branding. Both the infinity symbol itself and several variations of the symbol are available in various character encodings.
Source: Wikipedia
ASCII Code for ∞
These are the code points for infinity in various character sets| Character Sets | Decimal | Hex |
|---|---|---|
| Code page 437 | 236 | EC |
Unicode for ∞
The character for infinity is mapped in Unicode as U+221E| Unicode | U+221E | |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode Decimal | 8734 | |
| Unicode Escape | \u221e | |
| UTF-8 (hex) | 0xE2 0x88 0x9E | |
| UTF-8 (binary) | 11100010:10001000:10011110 | |
| UTF-8 (binary) | ||
| 11100010:10001000:10011110 | ||
| UTF-16 | 0x221E | |
| UTF-32 | 0x0000221E | |
HTML Entities for ∞
The following HTML entities can be used to represent the infinity in HTML| HTML Number | ∞ | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML Hex | ∞ | |
| HTML Entity | ∞ | |
Encoding
Encoding non-standard letters and characters into values that can be displayed e.g. in browsers| URL Escape Code | %E2%88%9E | |
|---|---|---|
| Quoted-printable | =E2=88=9E |
Source Code
| C, C++, and Java | "\u221E" | |
|---|---|---|
| CSS Code | \221E | |
| JavaScript | "\u221E" | |
| Perl | \x{221E} | |
| Python 2 | u"\u221E" | |
| Python 3 | \u221E | |
| Ruby | \u{221E} |