Is there an equivalent unicode character for the HTML horizontal rule <hr> / <hr/>

Question

Is there an equivalent character for the HTML horizontal rule <hr> or XHTML's <hr/> tag, that could be used outside of a browser, such as in an executable program, or the JavaScript console. I doubt there is, as we would just use the HTML entity instead.

Roadway

Answer 1

&#8213 is the code for a horizontal bar, but not a horizontal line as you want. It will not be possible to create a longer or max-content line with a single Unicode character.

Fregger

Well, it was worth a try. – Roadway

Answer 2

You could also use this: ⎯ "U+23AF Horizontal Line Extension Unicode Character".

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Handy

This character (⎯) works just great, as the character is wider than ― – Banshee

Answer 3

― is the HTML entry for hr.

Exhalation