HTML Entities
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An HTML character entity is a special code that represents characters that cannot be typed directly in HTML or that carry special meaning within the HTML syntax. An HTML entity is piece of text starting ampersand (&) and ending with semicolon (;). These entities ensure that characters are displayed correctly by the browser and are not misinterpreted as HTML tags or markup.
HTML Entity characters
➔ Entities are used to display reserve characters in HTML page.
➔ Entities are enclosed by beginning with ampersand (&) and ends with a semicolon (;).
➔ For example: > is for >, © is for ©, ® is for ®, " is for " character.
➔ Any reserve characters used in html page without entity symbol, HTML will consider that character as part of the HTML language.
➔ <H1> here < and > has a special meaning to HTML ie starting and ending sign. But here 5 > 2, the > is just a greater than character.
➔ Entity number(Decimal or Hexadecimal) can also be used instead of entity name. Ex: <, < or < is for < character.
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<head>
<title>HTML Entities</title>
</head>
<body>
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</body>
</html>
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HTML Entities Latin-1
Hex 0000-00FF / Dec 128-255
| Char | Dec | Hex | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| " | 34 | 0022 | QUOTATION (") |
| & | 38 | 0026 | AMPERSAND (&) |
| ' | 39 | 0027 | APOSTROPHE |
| < | 060 | 003C | LESS-THAN (<) |
| > | 062 | 003E | GREATER-THAN (>) |
| € | 128 | 0080 | EURO (€) |