# | U+007C VERTICAL LINE

Vertical bar or pipe, a straight upright line used for shell pipes, logical or, table dividers, and absolute value.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `\|` |
| Codepoint | U+007C |
| Name | VERTICAL LINE |
| Also known as | pipe, vertical bar |
| Block | [Basic Latin](https://unicodekit.com/block/basic-latin) |
| Script | Common |
| Category | Math Symbol (Sm) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `|` `|` |
| CSS | `\7C` |
| JavaScript | `\u007C` |
| UTF-8 | 7C |
| UTF-16 | 007C |

## Notes

- used in pairs to indicate absolute value
- also used as an unpaired separator or as a fence

## Related characters

- { [U+007B LEFT CURLY BRACKET](https://unicodekit.com/char/007B)
- } [U+007D RIGHT CURLY BRACKET](https://unicodekit.com/char/007D)
- z [U+007A LATIN SMALL LETTER Z](https://unicodekit.com/char/007A)
- ~ [U+007E TILDE](https://unicodekit.com/char/007E)
- y [U+0079 LATIN SMALL LETTER Y](https://unicodekit.com/char/0079)
- [U+007F DELETE](https://unicodekit.com/char/007F)
- x [U+0078 LATIN SMALL LETTER X](https://unicodekit.com/char/0078)
- w [U+0077 LATIN SMALL LETTER W](https://unicodekit.com/char/0077)
- v [U+0076 LATIN SMALL LETTER V](https://unicodekit.com/char/0076)
- u [U+0075 LATIN SMALL LETTER U](https://unicodekit.com/char/0075)
- t [U+0074 LATIN SMALL LETTER T](https://unicodekit.com/char/0074)
- s [U+0073 LATIN SMALL LETTER S](https://unicodekit.com/char/0073)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/007C · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/007C