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enum System.Globalization.UnicodeCategory

Assembly: System.Runtime

Defines the Unicode category of a character.

Values

UppercaseLetter

Uppercase letter. Signified by the Unicode designation "Lu" (letter, uppercase). The value is 0.

LowercaseLetter

Lowercase letter. Signified by the Unicode designation "Ll" (letter, lowercase). The value is 1.

TitlecaseLetter

Titlecase letter. Signified by the Unicode designation "Lt" (letter, titlecase). The value is 2.

ModifierLetter

Modifier letter character, which is free-standing spacing character that indicates modifications of a preceding letter. Signified by the Unicode designation "Lm" (letter, modifier). The value is 3.

OtherLetter

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). The value is 4.

NonSpacingMark

Nonspacing character that indicates modifications of a base character. Signified by the Unicode designation "Mn" (mark, nonspacing). The value is 5.

SpacingCombiningMark

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). The value is 6.

EnclosingMark

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). The value is 7.

DecimalDigitNumber

Decimal digit character, that is, a character representing an integer in the range 0 through 9. Signified by the Unicode designation "Nd" (number, decimal digit). The value is 8.

LetterNumber

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). The value is 9.

OtherNumber

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). The value is 10.

SpaceSeparator

Space character, which has no glyph but is not a control or format character. Signified by the Unicode designation "Zs" (separator, space). The value is 11.

LineSeparator

Character that is used to separate lines of text. Signified by the Unicode designation "Zl" (separator, line). The value is 12.

ParagraphSeparator

Character used to separate paragraphs. Signified by the Unicode designation "Zp" (separator, paragraph). The value is 13.

Control

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). The value is 14.

Format

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). The value is 15.

Surrogate

High surrogate or a low surrogate character. Surrogate code values are in the range U+D800 through U+DFFF. Signified by the Unicode designation "Cs" (other, surrogate). The value is 16.

PrivateUse

Private-use character, with a Unicode value in the range U+E000 through U+F8FF. Signified by the Unicode designation "Co" (other, private use). The value is 17.

ConnectorPunctuation

Connector punctuation character that connects two characters. Signified by the Unicode designation "Pc" (punctuation, connector). The value is 18.

DashPunctuation

Dash or hyphen character. Signified by the Unicode designation "Pd" (punctuation, dash). The value is 19.

OpenPunctuation

Opening character of one of the paired punctuation marks, such as parentheses, square brackets, and braces. Signified by the Unicode designation "Ps" (punctuation, open). The value is 20.

ClosePunctuation

Closing character of one of the paired punctuation marks, such as parentheses, square brackets, and braces. Signified by the Unicode designation "Pe" (punctuation, close). The value is 21.

InitialQuotePunctuation

Opening or initial quotation mark character. Signified by the Unicode designation "Pi" (punctuation, initial quote). The value is 22.

FinalQuotePunctuation

Closing or final quotation mark character. Signified by the Unicode designation "Pf" (punctuation, final quote). The value is 23.

OtherPunctuation

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). The value is 24.

MathSymbol

Mathematical symbol character, such as "+" or "= ". Signified by the Unicode designation "Sm" (symbol, math). The value is 25.

CurrencySymbol

Currency symbol character. Signified by the Unicode designation "Sc" (symbol, currency). The value is 26.

ModifierSymbol

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). The value is 27.

OtherSymbol

Symbol character that is not a mathematical symbol, a currency symbol or a modifier symbol. Signified by the Unicode designation "So" (symbol, other). The value is 28.

OtherNotAssigned

Character that is not assigned to any Unicode category. Signified by the Unicode designation "Cn" (other, not assigned). The value is 29.