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date: 2020-11-16
id: a414ac2c-21a9-4bf2-99ec-15ae9da28519
title: Characters That Count as Whitespace
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# Description

Characters that count as whitespace in [JavaScript
Strings](20200922164551-strings).

# WhiteSpace code points

-   `<TAB>` (CHARACTER TABULATION, U+0009)
-   `<VT>` (LINE TABULATION, U+000B)
-   `<FF>` (FORM FEED, U+000C)
-   `<SP>` (SPACE, U+0020)
-   `<NBSP>` (NO-BREAK SPACE, U+00A0)
-   `<ZWNBSP>` (ZERO WIDTH NO-BREAK SPACE, U+FEFF)
-   Any other Unicode character with the property `White_Space` in
    category Space~Separator~ (Zs).

# LineTerminator code points

-   `<LF>` (LINE FEED, U+000A)
-   `<CR>` (CARRIAGE RETURN, U+000D)
-   `<LS>` (LINE SEPARATOR, U+2028)
-   `<PS>` (PARAGRAPH SEPARATOR, U+2029)