A computer text file character representing blank space
"Dot space" redirects here. For the animated film, see Dot in Space.
"␣" redirects here. Not to be confused with ⍽ or ⌴.
A whitespace character is a character data element that represents white space when text is
rendered for display by a computer.
For example, a space character (U+0020SPACE, ASCII 32) represents blank space such as a word divider in a Western script.
A printable character results in output when rendered,
but a whitespace character does not.
Instead, whitespace characters define the layout of text to a limited degree – interrupting the normal sequence of rendering characters next to each other.
The output of subsequent characters is typically shifted to the right (or to the left for right-to-left script) or to the start of the next line.
The effect of multiple sequential whitespace characters is cumulative such that the next printable character is rendered in a location based on the accumulated effect of preceding whitespace characters.
The term whitespace is rooting in the common practice of rendering text on white paper. Normally, a whitespace character is not rendered as white. It affects rendering, but it is not itself rendered.
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