HTML entity
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).
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 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | ! | A | A | a | a |  |  | ¡ | ¡ | Á | Á Á | á | á |
| " | " | B | B | b | b | ‚ | ‚ | ¢ | ¢ | Â | Â | â | â |
| # | # | C | C | c | c | ƒ | ƒ | £ | £ £ | Ã | Ã Ã | ã | ã |
| $ | $ | D | D | d | d | „ | „ | ¤ | ¤ | Ä | Ä Ä | ä | ä |
| % | % | E | E | e | e | … | … | ¥ | ¥ | Å | Å | å | å |
| & | & & | F | F | f | f | † | † | ¦ | ¦ | Æ | Æ Æ | æ | æ |
| ' | ' | G | G | g | g | ‡ | ‡ | § | § § | Ç | Ç | ç | ç |
| ( | ( | H | H | h | h | ˆ | ˆ | ¨ | ¨ | È | È | è | è |
| ) | ) | I | I | i | i | ‰ | ‰ | © | © © | É | É | é | é |
| * | * | J | J | j | j | Š | Š | ª | ª | Ê | Ê | ê | ê |
| + | + | K | K | k | k | ‹ | ‹ | « | « | Ë | Ë | ë | ë |
| , | , | L | L | l | l | Œ | Œ | ¬ | ¬ | Ì | Ì | ì | ì |
| - | - | M | M | m | m |  |  | | ­ | Í | Í | í | í |
| . | . | N | N | n | n | Ž | Ž | ® | ® | Î | Î | î | î |
| / | / | O | O | o | o |  |  | ¯ | ¯ | Ï | Ï | ï | ï |
| 0 | 0 | P | P | p | p |  |  | ° | ° | Ð | Ð | ð | ð |
| 1 | 1 | Q | Q | q | q | ‘ | ‘ | ± | ± | Ñ | Ñ | ñ | ñ |
| 2 | 2 | R | R | r | r | ’ | ’ | ² | ² | Ò | Ò | ò | ò |
| 3 | 3 | S | S | s | s | “ | “ | ³ | ³ | Ó | Ó | ó | ó |
| 4 | 4 | T | T | t | t | ” | ” | ´ | ´ | Ô | Ô | ô | ô |
| 5 | 5 | U | U | u | u | • | • | µ | µ | Õ | Õ | õ | õ |
| 6 | 6 | V | V | v | v | – | – | ¶ | ¶ | Ö | Ö | ö | ö |
| 7 | 7 | W | W | w | w | — | — | · | · | × | × | ÷ | ÷ |
| 8 | 8 | X | X | x | x | ˜ | ˜ | ¸ | ¸ | Ø | Ø | ø | ø |
| 9 | 9 | Y | Y | y | y | ™ | ™ ™ | ¹ | ¹ | Ù | Ù | ù | ù |
| : | : | Z | Z | z | z | š | š | º | º | Ú | Ú | ú | ú |
| ; | ; | [ | [ | { | { | › | › | » | » | Û | Û | û | û |
| < | < | \ | \ | | | œ | œ | ¼ | ¼ | Ü | Ü | ü | ü | |
| = | = | ] | ] | } | } |  |  | ½ | ½ | Ý | Ý | ý | ý |
| > | > | ^ | ^ | ~ | ~ | ž | ž | ¾ | ¾ | Þ | Þ | þ | þ þ |
| ? | ? | _ | _ |  |  | Ÿ | Ÿ | ¿ | ¿ | ß | ß | ÿ | ÿ |
| @ | @ | ` | ` | € | € |   | À | À À | à | à | Ā | Ā | |
And yes, it keeps going after this: āĂă...
Others:
- ’ - ’ - right single-quote
- ‘ - ‘ - left single-quote