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Reserved characters in HTML must be replaced with character entities.

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Some characters are reserved in HTML. It is not possible to use the less than (<) or greater than (>) signs in your text, because the browser will mix them with tags. To actually display reserved characters, we must use character entities in the HTML source code. A character entity looks like this: WEB BUILDING
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& e n t i t y _ n a m e ; O R & # e n t i t y _ n u m b e r ;
To display a less than sign we must write: &lt; or &#60; Tip: The advantage of using an entity name, instead of a number, is that the name is easier to remember. However, the disadvantage is that browsers may not support all entity names (the support for entity numbers is very good).

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A common character entity used in HTML is the non-breaking space (&nbsp;). Browsers will always truncate spaces in HTML pages. If you write 10 spaces in your text, the browser will remove 9 of them, before displaying the page. To add spaces to your text, you can use the &nbsp; character entity.

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Note: Entity names are case sensitive! Result Description non-breaking space < > & less than greater than ampersand cent pound yen euro section copyright registered trademark trademark Entity Name &nbsp; &lt; &gt; &amp; &cent; &pound; &yen; &euro; &sect; &copy; &reg; &trade; Entity Number &#160; &#60; &#62; &#38; &#162; &#163; &#165; &#8364; &#167; &#169; &#174; &#8482;

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For a complete reference of all character entities, visit our HTML Entities Reference.

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