Unicode point escapes
Widely available since 2018-03-30
Unicode point escapes (\\u{}
) represent Unicode characters within strings.
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Browser support
- Chrome 44 Released on 2015-07-21
- Chrome Android 44 Released on 2015-07-29
- Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
- Firefox 40 Released on 2015-08-11
- Firefox for Android 40 Released on 2015-08-11
- Safari 9 Released on 2015-09-30
- Safari on iOS 9 Released on 2015-09-16
Specifications
- ECMAScript® 2025 Language Specification (#prod-UnicodeEscapeSequence), from TC39 (Ecma International).
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