HTML entity

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About

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.

see also: wikipedia:Percent-encoding

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)
    • 2007-07-15 answer: Yes, it does find it (though it took several months at least before this page got indexed).
    • 2016-11-28 answer: Searching for the word in question no longer produces any results. Neither does searching for "schmerglefrotz".

Entities by Number

  • 0-8 are not translated
  • 9 is probably TAB
  • 10 is probably LF
  • 13 is probably CR
  • 14-31 are not translated
  • 32 is a standard space
lower ASCII upper ASCII
! !
" "
# #
$ $
% %
& & &
' '
( (
) )
* *
+ +
, ,
- -
. .
/ /
0 0
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
7 7
8 8
9 9
: :
; &#59;
< &#60;
= &#61;
> &#62;
? &#63;
@ &#64;
A &#65;
B &#66;
C &#67;
D &#68;
E &#69;
F &#70;
G &#71;
H &#72;
I &#73;
J &#74;
K &#75;
L &#76;
M &#77;
N &#78;
O &#79;
P &#80;
Q &#81;
R &#82;
S &#83;
T &#84;
U &#85;
V &#86;
W &#87;
X &#88;
Y &#89;
Z &#90;
[ &#91;
\ &#92;
] &#93;
^ &#94;
_ &#95;
` &#96;
a &#97;
b &#98;
c &#99;
d &#100;
e &#101;
f &#102;
g &#103;
h &#104;
i &#105;
j &#106;
k &#107;
l &#108;
m &#109;
n &#110;
o &#111;
p &#112;
q &#113;
r &#114;
s &#115;
t &#116;
u &#117;
v &#118;
w &#119;
x &#120;
y &#121;
z &#122;
{ &#123;
&#124;
} &#125;
~ &#126;
&#127; &#127;
&#128; &#128;
&#129; &#129;
&#130; &#130;
&#131; &#131;
&#132; &#132;
&#133; &#133;
&#134; &#134;
&#135; &#135;
&#136; &#136;
&#137; &#137;
&#138; &#138;
&#139; &#139;
&#140; &#140;
&#141; &#141;
&#142; &#142;
&#143; &#143;
&#144; &#144;
&#145; &#145;
&#146; &#146;
&#147; &#147;
&#148; &#148;
&#149; &#149;
&#150; &#150;
&#151; &#151;
&#152; &#152;
&#153; &#153; &trade;
&#154; &#154;
&#155; &#155;
&#156; &#156;
&#157; &#157;
&#158; &#158;
&#159; &#159;
  &#160;
¡ &#161;
¢ &#162;
£ &#163; &pound;
¤ &#164;
¥ &#165;
¦ &#166;
§ &#167; &sect;
¨ &#168;
© &#169; &copy;
ª &#170;
« &#171;
¬ &#172;
­ &#173;
® &#174;
¯ &#175;
° &#176;
± &#177;
² &#178;
³ &#179;
´ &#180;
µ &#181;
&#182;
· &#183;
¸ &#184;
¹ &#185;
º &#186;
» &#187;
¼ &#188;
½ &#189;
¾ &#190;
¿ &#191;
À &#192; &Agrave;
Á &#193; &Aacute;
 &#194;
à &#195; &Atilde;
Ä &#196; &Auml;
Å &#197;
Æ &#198; &AElig;
Ç &#199; &Ccedil;
È &#200;
É &#201;
Ê &#202;
Ë &#203;
Ì &#204;
Í &#205;
Î &#206;
Ï &#207;
Ð &#208;
Ñ &#209;
Ò &#210;
Ó &#211;
Ô &#212;
Õ &#213;
Ö &#214;
× &#215;
Ø &#216;
Ù &#217;
Ú &#218;
Û &#219;
Ü &#220;
Ý &#221;
Þ &#222;
ß &#223;
à &#224;
á &#225;
â &#226;
ã &#227;
ä &#228;
å &#229;
æ &#230;
ç &#231; &ccedil;
è &#232;
é &#233;
ê &#234;
ë &#235;
ì &#236;
í &#237;
î &#238;
ï &#239;
ð &#240;
ñ &#241;
ò &#242;
ó &#243;
ô &#244;
õ &#245;
ö &#246;
÷ &#247;
ø &#248; &oslash;
ù &#249;
ú &#250;
û &#251;
ü &#252;
ý &#253;
þ &#254; &thorn;
ÿ &#255;
Ā &#256;

And yes, it keeps going after this: āĂă...

Others:

  • &rsquo; - ’ - right single-quote
  • &lsquo; - ‘ - left single-quote