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UnicodeGeneralCategory Enum

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Definition

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Windows.Data.Text
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Defines the Unicode general category of a character.

public enum class UnicodeGeneralCategory
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract, 65536)]
enum class UnicodeGeneralCategory
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(typeof(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract), 65536)]
public enum UnicodeGeneralCategory
var value = Windows.Data.Text.UnicodeGeneralCategory.uppercaseLetter
Public Enum UnicodeGeneralCategory
Inheritance
Enum
UnicodeGeneralCategory
Attributes
ContractVersionAttribute

Windows requirements

Device family
Windows 10 (introduced in 10.0.10240.0 - for Xbox, see UWP features that aren't yet supported on Xbox)
API contract
Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced in v1.0)

Fields

Name Value Description
UppercaseLetter 0

Uppercase letter. Signified by the Unicode designation "Lu" (letter, uppercase).
LowercaseLetter 1

Lowercase letter. Signified by the Unicode designation "Ll" (letter, lowercase).
TitlecaseLetter 2

Titlecase letter. Signified by the Unicode designation "Lt" (letter, titlecase).
ModifierLetter 3

Modifier letter character, which is a free-standing spacing character that indicates modifications of a preceding letter. Signified by the Unicode designation "Lm" (letter, modifier).
OtherLetter 4

Letter that is not an uppercase letter, a lowercase letter, a titlecase letter, or a modifier letter. Signified by the Unicode designation "Lo" (letter, other).
NonspacingMark 5

Nonspacing character that indicates modifications of a base character. Signified by the Unicode designation "Mn" (mark, nonspacing),
SpacingCombiningMark 6

Spacing character that indicates modifications of a base character and affects the width of the glyph for that base character. Signified by the Unicode designation "Mc" (mark, spacing combining).
EnclosingMark 7

Enclosing mark character, which is a nonspacing combining character that surrounds all previous characters up to and including a base character. Signified by the Unicode designation "Me" (mark, enclosing).
DecimalDigitNumber 8

Decimal digit character, which is a character in the range 0 through 9. Signified by the Unicode designation "Nd" (number, decimal digit).
LetterNumber 9

Number represented by a letter, instead of a decimal digit. For example, the Roman numeral for five, which is "V". The indicator is signified by the Unicode designation "Nl" (number, letter).
OtherNumber 10

Number that is neither a decimal digit nor a letter number. For example, the fraction 1/2. The indicator is signified by the Unicode designation "No" (number, other).
SpaceSeparator 11

Space character, which has no glyph but is not a control or format character. Signified by the Unicode designation "Zs" (separator, space).
LineSeparator 12

Character that is used to separate lines of text. Signified by the Unicode designation "Zl" (separator, line).
ParagraphSeparator 13

Character that is used to separate paragraphs. Signified by the Unicode designation "Zp" (separator, paragraph).
Control 14

Control code character, with a Unicode value of U+007F or in the range U+0000 through U+001F or U+0080 through U+009F. Signified by the Unicode designation "Cc" (other, control).
Format 15

Format character that affects the layout of text or the operation of text processes, but is not normally rendered. Signified by the Unicode designation "Cf" (other, format).
Surrogate 16

High surrogate or low surrogate character. Surrogate code values are in the range U+D800 through U+DFFF. Signified by the Unicode designation "Cs" (other, surrogate).
PrivateUse 17

Private-use character, with a Unicode value in the range U+E000 through U+F8FF. Signified by the Unicode designation "Co" (other, private use).
ConnectorPunctuation 18

Connector punctuation character that connects two characters. Signified by the Unicode designation "Pc" (punctuation, connector).
DashPunctuation 19

Dash or hyphen character. Signified by the Unicode designation "Pd" (punctuation, dash).
OpenPunctuation 20

Opening character of one of the paired punctuation marks, such as parentheses, square brackets, and braces. Signified by the Unicode designation "Ps" (punctuation, open).
ClosePunctuation 21

Closing character of one of the paired punctuation marks, such as parentheses, square brackets, and braces. Signified by the Unicode designation "Pe" (punctuation, close).
InitialQuotePunctuation 22

Opening or initial quotation mark character. Signified by the Unicode designation "Pi" (punctuation, initial quote).
FinalQuotePunctuation 23

Closing or final quotation mark character. Signified by the Unicode designation "Pf" (punctuation, final quote).
OtherPunctuation 24

Punctuation character that is not a connector, a dash, open punctuation, close punctuation, an initial quote, or a final quote. Signified by the Unicode designation "Po" (punctuation, other).
MathSymbol 25

Mathematical symbol character, such as "+" or "=". Signified by the Unicode designation "Sm" (symbol, math).
CurrencySymbol 26

Currency symbol character. Signified by the Unicode designation "Sc" (symbol, currency).
ModifierSymbol 27

Modifier symbol character, which indicates modifications of surrounding characters. For example, the fraction slash indicates that the number to the left is the numerator and the number to the right is the denominator. The indicator is signified by the Unicode designation "Sk" (symbol, modifier).
OtherSymbol 28

Symbol character that is not a mathematical symbol, a currency symbol or a modifier symbol. Signified by the Unicode designation "So" (symbol, other).
NotAssigned 29

Character that is not assigned to any Unicode category. Signified by the Unicode code designation "Cn" (other, not assigned).

Remarks

A member of this enumeration is returned by GetGeneralCategory. A Unicode general category defines the broad classification of a character— that is, designation as a type of letter, decimal digit, separator, mathematical symbol, punctuation, and so on. See the Unicode Standard Annex #44.

The values of this enumeration are compatible with the Microsoft .NET System.Globalization.UnicodeGeneralCategory enumeration.

Applies to

See also