whitespace html entity?

html html-entities
Pwn picture Pwn · Jan 4, 2010 · Viewed 23.2k times · Source

is there a corresponding html entity that represents a whitespace and like this '|_|'??

Answer

Brandon picture Brandon · Jan 4, 2010

I think you're looking for a non-breaking space.

 

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