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Because of a space-issue I have to make 'single-character-links' for crud actions:

In characters I would symbolise:
'delete' with character x
'add' with +

How would you symbolise 'change' ?

+11  A: 

How about the delta character? Δ
Or, what about the +/- character ? ±

Lasse V. Karlsen
+1 Let's all do some calculus!
Chris Kloberdanz
Another science nerd!
Paul Tomblin
Me, a science nerd? That's a first! Wohoo!!!
Lasse V. Karlsen
A: 

^

perhaps to symbolize "UPdate"?

Daniel Schaffer
Or "move to top (of page/list)" more likely.
strager
+4  A: 

Why not just use standard diff indicators:

add: +

remove: -

change: !

...although when you say "links," I'm guessing you mean HTML hyperlinks? Who is the target audience? If it's non-programmers, then change should probably be 'c', for 'c'hange.

dirtside
Non-union sub comment: Do you have enough space for Obama's campaign logo? :D
dirtside
+5  A: 

* could also mark "change"

VonC
+2  A: 

Maybe the ± or the ~ could work? ± because change could be symbolized as "Remove old, add new".

Or, ask the Unicode Consortium to add a Barack Obama symbol to the standard. (Sorry, could not resist given the Title)

Michael Stum
A: 

Do you have enough space for small icons? I'd squeeze those in if possible.

Chris Kloberdanz
do you mean dingbats-like icons?
A: 

I would avoid anything that has an existing mathematical or logical meaning (+, -, !, etc.). It's not clear hat change you mean, but to me the old fashioned ' means change like x, x', etc. (though it could be interpreted as derivation).

Uri
+1  A: 

If you're limited to ASCII, I would use ">" since it denotes forward movement. In Unicode, there's a plethora of symbols you could choose from (I always wanted to use the word, plethora :-).

paxdiablo
A: 

How about:

¢

awhite
+1  A: 

How about ✍ (U+270D) or ✎ (U+270E).

Gumbo
A: 

the * sign is used in some software (VS, SSMS ...) to mark a document that has been changed, but not saved ... I also like the Δ, but that depends what kinda (=how mathematically thinking) ppl use the software

so speaking in terms of "expected behaviour" I'd go also for * like VonC already posted.

(1st thing I thought of reading ur headline was a little Obama Icon gg)

MAD9
A: 

IMHO, three dots is a good indicator for edit/change commands.
Like this :

...

EDIT : I just realized you asked for a single character. But won't delete this since you might like it.

çağdaş
Three dots actually are a single character. xD
TomWij
A: 

Wow, did none of you you pay attention in the last election the symbol for change is O. As in Obama?

I'm sorry I tried to resist. But seriously if you look up symbol for change in google you get something like this Ұ.