For the numeric values of the non-Han characters, see the UCD file: http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/DerivedNumericValues.txt
For the numberic values of the Han characters, see: http://www.unicode.org/uni2book/ch04.pdf, chapter 4.6 (unfortunately, there is no machine-readable property file with these. If you are looking for a concise format for Unicode properties, try the Derived* files in the UCD. Documentation is in the .html files in the UNIDATA directory. Mark ————— Δός μοι ποῦ στῶ, καὶ κινῶ τὴν γῆν — Ἀρχιμήδης [http://www.macchiato.com] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bernard Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 06:12 Subject: Numbers > Hello, > Do any characters, such as U+2792, have negative > numerical values as a Unicode property? I don't > suppose there is anything weirder than negative > numbers, such as irrational, imaginary, or > supernatural values? According to Unibook 3.0 only a > few of the dingbat numbers have a numerical property, > that is not correct is it? Unibook is not working for > me as a way to browse Unicode data. For example, it > highlights characters with numeric values but does not > say what the property value is. I don't suppose > there's another human readable format? Has anyone made > it into a spreadsheet for example? > > On the subject of numbers, ordinal and cardinal > numbering has a name, but what is the name for > numbering as in: double, triple, quadruple? n-tuple? > How about numbering as in: primary, secondary, > tertiary, etc? How about "group of" numbering, such as > pair, trio, quartet, etc? I'm looking for a name for > the grammar of each type of usage and info on how one > might construct words of arbitrary high values in each > system. It seems to be right up the alley of some of > the language experts on this list. > > Bernard > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > http://personals.yahoo.com > >
