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# isSymbol

A Boolean value indicating whether this character represents a symbol.

```
var isSymbol: Bool { get }
```

## Discussion

This property is `true` only for characters composed of scalars in the
“Math_Symbol”, “Currency_Symbol”, “Modifier_Symbol”, or “Other_Symbol”
categories in the
[Unicode Standard](https://unicode.org/reports/tr44/#General_Category_Values).

For example, the following characters all represent symbols:

- “®” (U+00AE REGISTERED SIGN)
- “⌹” (U+2339 APL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL QUAD DIVIDE)
- “⡆” (U+2846 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-237)

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