HTML Entities

🔤 HTML Entities

HTML Entities are special character codes used to display reserved or non-standard symbols in HTML documents. These ensure that certain characters like <, >, and & are interpreted correctly as text, not HTML code.

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❓ What Are HTML Entities?

• Start with & and end with ;
• Represent characters that are reserved, special, or non-ASCII

📌 Examples

Character	Entity Name	Entity Number	Description
<	&lt;	&#60;	Less-than symbol
>	&gt;	&#62;	Greater-than symbol
&	&amp;	&#38;	Ampersand
"	&quot;	&#34;	Double quote
'	&apos;	&#39;	Single quote (HTML5+)
©	&copy;	&#169;	Copyright symbol
®	&reg;	&#174;	Registered trademark
(space)	&nbsp;	&#160;	Non-breaking space

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🎯 Why Use HTML Entities?

• ✅ Prevent HTML parsing errors for reserved symbols
• ✅ Safely display symbols or special characters
• ✅ Preserve formatting with non-breaking spaces
• ✅ Improve accessibility and SEO

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🧾 Example: Using HTML Entities

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🖼️ Example with Styling: Common Entities Table

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📌 Key Takeaway

• Use HTML entities to safely render reserved or special characters.
• They start with & and end with ;.
• Essential for clean, valid HTML and preserving visual formatting.
• Helps avoid errors when using characters like <, >, &, and " inside HTML content.