Top "Html-entities" questions

HTML entities provide a method of entering characters that cannot be expressed in the document's character encoding or that cannot easily be entered on a keyboard.

What do < and > stand for?

I know that the entities &lt; and &gt; are used for < and >, but I am curious …

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Adding HTML entities using CSS content

How do you use the CSS content property to add HTML entities? Using something like this just prints &nbsp; …

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Which characters need to be escaped in HTML?

Are they the same as XML, perhaps plus the space one (&nbsp;)? I've found some huge lists of HTML …

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Uses for the '&quot;' entity in HTML

I am revising some XHTML files authored by another party. As part of this effort, I am doing some bulk …

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HTML entity for the middle dot

I'm looking for the html code for the dot. Not the dot that's at the end of sentences but the …

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What's the right way to decode a string that has special HTML entities in it?

Say I get some JSON back from a service request that looks like this: { "message": "We&#39;re unable to …

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Decode HTML entities in Python string?

I'm parsing some HTML with Beautiful Soup 3, but it contains HTML entities which Beautiful Soup 3 doesn't automatically decode for me: &…

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Is there Unicode glyph Symbol to represent "Search"

Unicode has a million icon-like glyphs, but they're very hard to search. Is there a Unicode glyph that looks like …

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Transmitting newline character "\n"

Given the following URL (working, try it!) https://select-test.wp3.rbsworldpay.com/wcc/purchase?instId=151711&cartId=28524&currency=GBP&…

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How to create string with multiple spaces in JavaScript

By creating a variable var a = 'something' + ' ' + 'something' I get this value: 'something something'. How can I create …

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