Name: character

Synonyms: character

Type: glossary

Description:
A single text symbol: a letter, number, punctuation mark, or control character. 
 
Characters can be <single-byte character|single-byte> or <double-byte character|double-byte> (<Unicode>). When using the word "character" in a <chunk expression>, <single-byte character|single-byte characters> are assumed.

References: Unicode (glossary), double-byte character (glossary), single-byte character (glossary), chunk expression (glossary)

Tags: text processing
