£

Pound Sign

Unicode
U+00A3
Category
Currency
HTML Entity
£
CSS
\00A3
The £ symbol represents the pound sterling, the official currency of the United Kingdom and its territories. It derives from an ornate capital "L" representing libra, the basic Roman unit of weight. Today, it appears constantly in finance, e-commerce, and everyday messaging to denote British currency values.

How to Type

Windows
Alt+0163
macOS
Option+3
Linux
Compose + L + -
HTML
£ or £

In Programming

In programming, the pound sign is primarily used within localization files, e-commerce databases, and string formatting functions to correctly display currency values for UK locales.

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Tags

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