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* {{wikipedia|Character entity reference}}
* {{wikipedia|Character entity reference}}
* [http://htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/entities/ HTML 4.0 entities]
* [http://htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/entities/ HTML 4.0 entities]
==Questions==
* Does Google resolve html entities when indexing web pages? That is, if I spelled a word (e.g. "schmerglefrotz") entirely using html entities, would someone be able to find that page using google by typing "schmerglefrotz" (after the site had been spidered, of course)? (As a test, I will spell a completely different word using HTML entities, and try Googling it later: '''FRELGKLOTZ''')
==Standard ASCII in Entities==
{|
| A || A     || a || a
|-
| B || B || b || b
|-
| C || C || c || c
|-
| D || D || d || d
|-
| E || E || e || e
|-
| F || F || f || f
|-
| G || G || g || g
|-
| H || H || h || h
|-
| I || I || i || i
|-
| J || J || j || j
|-
| K || K || k || k
|-
| L || L || l || l
|-
| M || M || m || m
|-
| N || N || n || n
|-
| O || O || o || o
|-
| P || P || p || p
|-
| Q || Q || q || q
|-
| R || R || r || r
|-
| S || S || s || s
|-
| T || T || t || t
|-
| U || U || u || u
|-
| V || V || v || v
|-
| W || W || w || w
|-
| X || X || x || x
|-
| Y || Y || y || y
|-
| Z || Z || z || z
|-
| [ || [ || { || {
|-
| \ || \ || | || |
|-
| ] || ] || } || }
|-
| ^ || ^ || ~ || ~
|-
| _ || _ ||  || 
|-
| ` || ` || € || €
|-
|
|-
|
|}

Revision as of 18:25, 23 December 2006

Overview

An HTML entity is a combination of characters which will be displayed within an HTML browser as a single character. All HTML entities begin with "&" (ampersand) and end with ";" (semicolon). Many entities have mnemonic names (such as "&", which displays an ampersand); any possible character can be displayed as an entity by using the format "&#number;" where number is the output character's ASCII value in decimal.

Reference

Questions

  • Does Google resolve html entities when indexing web pages? That is, if I spelled a word (e.g. "schmerglefrotz") entirely using html entities, would someone be able to find that page using google by typing "schmerglefrotz" (after the site had been spidered, of course)? (As a test, I will spell a completely different word using HTML entities, and try Googling it later: FRELGKLOTZ)

Standard ASCII in Entities

A A     a a
B B b b
C C c c
D D d d
E E e e
F F f f
G G g g
H H h h
I I i i
J J j j
K K k k
L L l l
M M m m
N N n n
O O o o
P P p p
Q Q q q
R R r r
S S s s
T T t t
U U u u
V V v v
W W w w
X X x x
Y Y y y
Z Z z z
[ [ { {
\ \ | |
] ] } }
^ ^ ~ ~
_ _  
` ` € €