→ or -> may refer to:
* one of the
arrow symbols, characters of Unicode
* one of the
arrow keys
Arrow keys or cursor movement keys are buttons on a computer keyboard that are either programmed or designated to move the cursor in a specified direction.
The term "cursor movement key" is distinct from "arrow key" in that the former term may ...
, on a keyboard
* →, >, representing the
assignment operator in various programming languages
*
->, a
Pointer
Pointer may refer to:
Places
* Pointer, Kentucky
* Pointers, New Jersey
* Pointers Airport, Wasco County, Oregon, United States
* The Pointers, a pair of rocks off Antarctica
People with the name
* Pointer (surname), a surname (including a list ...
operator in C and C++ where
a->b is synonymous with
(*a).b (except when either
-> or
* has been overridden in C++).
*
→,
goto
GoTo (goto, GOTO, GO TO or other case combinations, depending on the programming language) is a statement found in many computer programming languages. It performs a one-way transfer of control to another line of code; in contrast a function c ...
in the
APL programming language
APL (named after the book ''A Programming Language'') is a programming language developed in the 1960s by Kenneth E. Iverson. Its central datatype is the multidimensional array. It uses a large range of special graphic symbols to represent m ...
* →, representing the direction of a chemical reaction in a
chemical equation
A chemical equation is the symbolic representation of a chemical reaction in the form of symbols and chemical formulas. The reactant entities are given on the left-hand side and the product entities on the right-hand side with a plus sign between ...
* →, representing the set of all
mathematical function
In mathematics, a function from a set to a set assigns to each element of exactly one element of .; the words map, mapping, transformation, correspondence, and operator are often used synonymously. The set is called the domain of the func ...
s that map from one set to another in set theory
* →, representing a
material implication in logic
* →, representing
morphism
In mathematics, particularly in category theory, a morphism is a structure-preserving map from one mathematical structure to another one of the same type. The notion of morphism recurs in much of contemporary mathematics. In set theory, morphis ...
in category theory
* →, representing a
vector
Vector most often refers to:
*Euclidean vector, a quantity with a magnitude and a direction
*Vector (epidemiology), an agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen into another living organism
Vector may also refer to:
Mathematic ...
in physics and mathematics
* the
relative direction
In geometry, a position or position vector, also known as location vector or radius vector, is a Euclidean vector that represents the position of a Point (geometry), point ''P'' in space#Classical mechanics, space in relation to an arbitrary refer ...
of right or forward
* →, a notation of
Conway chained arrow notation
Conway chained arrow notation, created by mathematician John Horton Conway, is a means of expressing certain extremely large numbers. It is simply a finite sequence of positive integers separated by rightward arrows, e.g. 2\to3\to4\to5\to6.
As wit ...
for very large integers
* "Due to" (and other meanings), in
medical notation
* the button that starts playback of a recording on a
media player
See also
*
Arrow (disambiguation)
An arrow is a projectile launched from a bow.
Arrow or arrows may also refer to:
Symbols
* Arrow (symbol)
** ↑ (disambiguation)
** → (disambiguation)
** ↓ (disambiguation)
** ← (disambiguation)
Places
* Arrow, Kentucky
* Arro ...
**
↑ (disambiguation)
The symbol ↑, an upward pointing arrow, also called up arrow, uparrow, or upwards arrow, may refer to:
Notation
* ↑, a mathematical symbol for " undefined"
* ↑, a notation of Knuth's up-arrow notation for very large integers
* ↑, a mathem ...
**
↓ (disambiguation)
The arrow symbol ↓ may refer to:
* The downward direction, a relative direction
* The keyboard cursor control key, an arrow key
* A downwards arrow, a Unicode arrow symbol
* Logical NOR, operator which produces a result that is the negation o ...
**
← (disambiguation)
*"Harpoons":
**
↼
An arrow is a graphical symbol, such as ← or →, or a pictogram, used to point or indicate direction. In its simplest form, an arrow is a triangle, chevron, or concave kite, usually
affixed to a line segment or rectangle, and in more com ...
**
↽
An arrow is a graphical symbol, such as ← or →, or a pictogram, used to point or indicate direction. In its simplest form, an arrow is a triangle, chevron, or concave kite, usually
affixed to a line segment or rectangle, and in more com ...
**
↾
An arrow is a graphical symbol, such as ← or →, or a pictogram, used to point or indicate direction. In its simplest form, an arrow is a triangle, chevron, or concave kite, usually
affixed to a line segment or rectangle, and in more com ...
**
↿
An arrow is a graphical symbol, such as ← or →, or a pictogram, used to point or indicate direction. In its simplest form, an arrow is a triangle, chevron, or concave kite, usually
affixed to a line segment or rectangle, and in more com ...
**
⇀
An arrow is a graphical symbol, such as ← or →, or a pictogram, used to point or indicate direction. In its simplest form, an arrow is a triangle, chevron, or concave kite, usually
affixed to a line segment or rectangle, and in more com ...
**
⇁
An arrow is a graphical symbol, such as ← or →, or a pictogram, used to point or indicate direction. In its simplest form, an arrow is a triangle, chevron, or concave kite, usually
affixed to a line segment or rectangle, and in more com ...
**
⇂
An arrow is a graphical symbol, such as ← or →, or a pictogram, used to point or indicate direction. In its simplest form, an arrow is a triangle, chevron, or concave kite, usually
affixed to a line segment or rectangle, and in more com ...
**
⇃
An arrow is a graphical symbol, such as ← or →, or a pictogram, used to point or indicate direction. In its simplest form, an arrow is a triangle, chevron, or concave kite, usually
affixed to a line segment or rectangle, and in more com ...
**
⇋
In a chemical reaction, chemical equilibrium is the state in which both the reactants and products are present in concentrations which have no further tendency to change with time, so that there is no observable change in the properties of th ...
**
⇌
In a chemical reaction, chemical equilibrium is the state in which both the Reagent, reactants and Product (chemistry), products are present in concentrations which have no further tendency to change with time, so that there is no observable chan ...
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