Reserved Symbols

Reserved Symbols

Reserved Symbols

There are five(5) reserved keyboard symbols in HTML that we should use their entity equivalent in place of, if we wish for the document viewer to see the symbol rendered to the page while keeping clean valid html markup. These symbols have special purpose in HTML source code and are therefore reserved.

< &#60;

> &#62;

& &#38;

" &#34;

' &#39;

Less Than / Greater Than Symbols

HTML CODE EXAMPLE

&#60;h3&#62;Welcome to the show!&#60;/h3&#62;

<h3>Welcome to the show!</h3>

Ampersand Symbol

HTML CODE EXAMPLE

Blue &#38; Black are my favorite colors.

Blue & Black are my favorite colors.

Double Quote / Single Quote Symbols

HTML CODE EXAMPLE

Welcome to &#34;Joe&#39;s BBQ Shack&#34;

Welcome to "Joe's BBQ Shack"

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