HTML ENTITIES
There are some characters which are part of the syntax of any HTML element and have special meaning in an HTML document.
If you try to use a larger than (>) or smaller than (<) symbol in an HTML document then HTML will try to take out the meaning of these symbols and will mix up tags.
Example:
If you want to write this <p>Hi i am stydying HTML.</p> in a webpage.
<p>Then you have to write <p>Hi i am studying HTML.</p>.</p>Some useful entity in HTML Document
| Symbol | Entity | Number | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ! | ! | Exclamation mark | |
| " | " | Quotation mark | |
| & | & | & | Ampersand |
| ' | ' | Apostrophe | |
| ( | ( | Left parenthesis | |
| ) | ) | Right parenthesis | |
| , | , | Comma | |
| - | - | Hiphaen | |
| . | . | Dot | |
| / | / | Slash | |
| : | : | Colon | |
| ; | ; | Semicolon | |
| < | < | < | Greater-than |
| = | = | Equal to | |
| > | > | > | Smaller-than |
| ? | ? | Question mark | |
| @ | @ | At mark | |
| [ | [ | Left square bracket | |
| \ | \ | Backslash | |
| ] | ] | Right square bracket | |
| { | { | Left curly brace | |
| | | | | Verticle bar | |
| } | } | Right curly brace |
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