Remarks

These categories conform to Version 3.1 of the Unicode Standard.

Note: For information on mapping specific Unicode characters to categories, see the UnicodeData.txt file in the Unicode Character Database at http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/UnicodeCharacterDatabase.html. The UnicodeData.txt file format is described at http://www.unicode.org/Public/3.1-Update/UnicodeData-3.1.0.html.

This enumeration is used to support char methods such as char.IsLetter(char), char.IsUpper(char) , etc.

Members

Member Name	Description
ClosePunctuation	Designates a Unicode 'Pe' (punctuation, close).
ConnectorPunctuation	Designates a Unicode 'Pc' (punctuation, connector).
Control	Designates a Unicode 'Cc' (other, control).
CurrencySymbol	Designates a Unicode 'Sc' (symbol, currency).
DashPunctuation	Designates a Unicode 'Pd' (punctuation, dash).
DecimalDigitNumber	Designates a Unicode 'Nd' (number, decimal digit).
EnclosingMark	Designates a Unicode 'Me' (mark, enclosing).
FinalQuotePunctuation	Designates a Unicode 'Pf' (punctuation, final quote).
Format	Designates a Unicode 'Cf' (other, format).
InitialQuotePunctuation	Designates a Unicode 'Pi' (punctuation, initial quote).
LetterNumber	Designates a Unicode 'Nl' (number, letter).
LineSeparator	Designates a Unicode 'Zl' (separator, line).
LowercaseLetter	Designates a Unicode 'Ll' (letter, lowercase).
MathSymbol	Designates a Unicode 'Sm' (symbol, math).
ModifierLetter	Designates a Unicode 'Lm' (letter, modifier).
ModifierSymbol	Designates a Unicode 'Sk' (symbol, modifier).
NonSpacingMark	Designates a Unicode 'Mn' (mark, non-spacing).
OpenPunctuation	Designates a Unicode 'Ps' (punctuation, open).
OtherLetter	Designates a Unicode 'Lo' (letter, other: not an uppercase letter, a lowercase letter, a titlecase letter, or a modifier letter).
OtherNotAssigned	Designates a Unicode 'Cn' (other, not assigned).
OtherNumber	Designates a Unicode 'No' (number, other: not a decimal digit number or a letter number).
OtherPunctuation	Designates a Unicode 'Po' (punctuation, other: not connector, dash, open, close, initial quote, or final quote punctuation).
OtherSymbol	Designates a Unicode 'So' (symbol, other: not a math, currency, or modifier symbol).
ParagraphSeparator	Designates a Unicode 'Zp' (separator, paragraph).
PrivateUse	Designates a Unicode 'Co' (other, private use).
SpaceSeparator	Designates a Unicode 'Zs' (separator, space).
SpacingCombiningMark	Designates a Unicode 'Mc' (mark, spacing combining).
Surrogate	Designates a Unicode 'Cs' (other, surrogate).
TitlecaseLetter	Designates a Unicode 'Lt' (letter, titlecase).
UppercaseLetter	Designates a Unicode 'Lu' (letter, uppercase).

Requirements

Namespace: System.Globalization
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0