In some circumstances, you may want to display HTML coding on your web page for visitors to see. Typing in the code normally will be interpreted and used by the web browser by default. To actually show HTML coding, an "escape" code is needed. Below is a chart showing the more popular escape codes available.
| CODE |
DESCRIPTION |
RESULT |
| |
Space |
|
| < |
Less than |
< |
| > |
Greater than |
> |
| " |
Quotation |
" |
| & |
Ampersand |
& |
| © |
Copyright |
© |
| ® |
Registered |
® |
| ¶ |
Paragraph Sign |
¶ |
| ¢ |
Cent |
¢ |
| ² |
Superscript (example 2) |
² |
| ¼ |
Fraction (example ¼) |
¼ |
| £ |
Pound |
£ |
| ° |
Degrees |
° |
| ¥ |
Yen |
¥ |
When entering them into your code, remember to start them with the ampersand & and end them with a semi-colon ;
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Article by David Stanley. Visit his site http://www.htmlite.com. Reprinted with permission.
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