There are some characters that have special meaning in HTML document,
such as <
and >
characters.
To use these characters in your content without being interpreted as HTML, you can use HTML entities.
An entity is a code the browser substitutes for the special character.
The following table lists the most frequently used entities.
Result | Description | Entity Name | Entity Number |
---|---|---|---|
non-breaking space | |   | |
< | less than | < | < |
> | greater than | > | > |
& | ampersand | & | & |
¢ | cent | ¢ | ¢ |
£ | pound | £ | £ |
¥ | yen | ¥ | ¥ |
€ | euro | € | € |
© | copyright | © | © |
® | registered trademark | ® | ® |