Special Character Codes

 

Some characters are not usually displayed on an HTML page. These are typically characters that are used to create mark-up symbols in the HTML code.

 

They are always enclosed in a mark-up that starts with an ampersand and ends with a semi-colon. Hence for a space you should enter  

 

The following special characters can be used :

 
Mark-up Character Description
" " Quotation Mark
    Space
&lt; < Lower Than
&gt; > Greater Than
&acute; ' Acute '
&deg; ° Degree
&brvbar; | Pipe symbol
&larr; ← Left Arrow
&rarr; → Right Arrow
&uarr; ↑ Up Arrow
&darr; ↓ Down Arrow
&harr; ↔ Double Headed Horizontal Arrow
&middot; · Decimal Point
&times; × Multiplication Sign
&divide; ÷ Division Sign
&sup2; ² Squared Superscript Symbol
&sup3; ³ Cubed Superscript Symbol
&frac14; ¼ One Quarter Fraction
&frac12; ½ One Half Fraction
&frac34; ¾ Three Quarters Fraction
&pound; £ Pound Sterling Symbol
     

This is not a full list of characters but does show the most common ones available.

  

 

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