RE: non-sgml characters - Tables of characters in HTML

> I will find this table very useful.
> One thing a Newbie might not get though (I am a Newbie) - is what to
> append to the numbers provided in the table to use them in the html
> document.  I assume from the example provided that the numbers in the
> table are to be used with a "&#" prefix.  Is this correct?

Yes, you can either:

1. put & before and ; after the more memorable character reference in the
first column - so where it says nbsp is for a non-breaking space that means
that you can use  
2. put &# before and ; after the decimal representation of the character's
UCS code point - so where it says 160 is for a non-breaking space that means
that you can use   You can also use this form for characters that
aren't in the tables, but which are defined by Unicode.

You can also use the hexadecimal version with &#x so for the same character
as above you would have   however some browsers may have issues with
this (HTML4.0 allowing it was pre-emptively using a proposed revision to
SGML, XHMTL1.0 automatically allows it because XML allows it).

In HTML4.0 and earlier, but not in XHTML1.0, you are technically allowed to
leave off the final semi-colon in some situations, but it's never advisable
and can cause problems even if you have abided strictly by the rules about
when you can do so.

> Thank you for the this chart.

NP. It might be a good idea to save a back-up, as I may have to take it down
some time in the future.

Received on Wednesday, 17 July 2002 05:59:38 UTC