HTML Entities
Entities
Entities are used as a replacement of reserved characters in HTML document. Characters which are not present on the keyboard, can also be replace by entities. For example, if we use the symbol < or > in our HTML document, then the browser might mix these symbol with tags. Thats why we use entities to display reserved characters. Below is a list of important and most commonly used entities-
| Entity | Description | Numerical Reference | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| | Non-breaking space |   | |
| < | Less than | < | < |
| > | Greater than | > | > |
| & | Ampersand | & | & |
| " | Double quotation mark | " | " |
| ' | Single quotation mark (apostrophe) | ' | ' |
| $ | Dollar | $ | $ |
| ¢ | Cent | ¢ | ¢ |
| £ | Pound | £ | £ |
| © | Copyright | © | © |
| ® | Registered trademark | ® | ® |