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10.2 Character entity references

Character entity references are used to keep certain text characters from being misread as code.

Special Characters like < > " must be substituted with entities like &lt; &gt; &quot; in the text of the XHTML to display properly in the browser.

These are some of the most common character entity references:

Symbol Entity Example
Less than &lt; <
Greater than &gt; >
Ampersand &amp; &
nonbreaking space &nbsp;  
quotation mark &quot; "
Copyright sign &copy; ©
Registered trademark &reg; ®
Trademark &#8482;

Link to extended Character Entity Table 

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