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ASCII Character <
Less than (or open angled bracket)The less-than sign is a mathematical symbol that denotes an inequality between two values. The widely adopted form of two equal-length strokes connecting in an acute angle at the left, <, has been found in documents dated as far back as the 1560s. In mathematical writing, the less-than sign is typically placed between two values being compared and signifies that the first number is less than the second number. Since the development of computer programming languages, the less-than sign and the greater-than sign have been repurposed for a range of uses and operations. The less-than sign, <, is an original ASCII character (hex 3C, decimal 60).
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ASCII Code for <
These are the code points for less than (or open angled bracket) in various character setsUnicode for <
The character for less than (or open angled bracket) is mapped in Unicode as U+003C| Unicode | U+003C | |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode Decimal | 60 | |
| Unicode Escape | \u003c | |
| UTF-8 (hex) | 0x3C | |
| UTF-8 (binary) | 00111100 | |
| UTF-8 (binary) | ||
| 00111100 | ||
| UTF-16 | 0x003C | |
| UTF-32 | 0x0000003C | |
HTML Entities for <
The following HTML entities can be used to represent the less than (or open angled bracket) in HTML| HTML Number | < | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML Hex | < | |
| HTML Entity | < < | |
Related characters
| Symbol | Name |
|---|---|
| * | Asterisk |
| + | Plus |
| / | Slash or divide |
| = | Equals |
| > | Greater than (or close angled bracket) |
| × | Multiplication sign |
| ÷ | Division sign |
Encoding
Encoding non-standard letters and characters into values that can be displayed e.g. in browsers| URL Escape Code | %3C | |
|---|---|---|
| Quoted-printable | =3C |
Source Code
| C, C++, and Java | "\u003C" | |
|---|---|---|
| CSS Code | \003C | |
| JavaScript | "\u003C" | |
| Perl | \x{003C} | |
| Python 2 | u"\u003C" | |
| Python 3 | \u003C | |
| Ruby | \u{003C} |