HTML Characters
There are some characters in HTML that must be displayed using a string of characters. The string may be a name string or numeric string as in the table below.
| Character | Description | Name string | Numeric string |
| & | Ampersand | & | & |
| © | Copyright | © | ¨ |
| " | Quotation | " | " |
| > | Greater than | > | > |
| < | Less than | &;lt; | < |
| ¢ | Cent | &;cent; | ¢ |
| £ | Sterling pound | &;pound; | £ |
| ° | Degree sign | &;deg; | ° |
| ® | Trademark sign | ® | ® |
| ± | Plus/minus signs | ± | ± |
| × | Multiply sign | × | |
| ÷ | Divide sign | ÷ | |
| ¦ | Broken vertical bar | ¦ | ¦ |
| § | Section sign | § | § |
| ¹ | Superscript 1 | ¹ | ¹ |
| ² | Superscript 2 | ² | ² |
| ³ | Superscript 3 | ³ | ³ |
| ½ | 1/2 fraction | ½ | ½ |
| ¼ | 1/4 fraction | ¼ | ¼ |
| ¾ | 3/4 fraction | ¾ | · |
| Æ | Capital AE | Æ | Æ |
| æ | Small AE | æ | æ |
| É | Capital E accented | É | É |
| é | Small e accented | é | é |
Although these special characters may displayed without the semicolon at the end, it is the proper standard to use the semicolon
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