Jan 12 2007

HTML Escape Characters


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Looking for a List of Valid HTML (and XHTML) Escape Characters?

HTML escape character lists often include characters between 128 and 159 - the problem is that these are Microsoft specific, and are reserved for control characters in the standard Internet character sets. In HTML they are undefined, and in XHTML they are completely invalid. Here is a list of valid HTML/XHTML escape characters you should use.

Table of HTML Escape Characters
Decimal Value (&#DV;) Escape Character Output
0 - 031 None Nothing
032 &sp; or ␣ Blank
033 ! !
034 " "
035 # #
036 $ $
037 % %
038 & &
039 ' '
040 ( (
041 ) )
042 * *
043 + +
044 , ,
045 ‐ or − or ‐ -
046 . .
047 / /
048-057 = digits 0-9
058 : :
059 ; ;
060 < <
061 &equals; =
062 > >
063 &quest; ?
064 &commat; @
065 - 090 = letters A - Z
091 &lsqb; [
092 &bsol; \
093 &rsqb; ]
094 ˆ or &caret; ^
095 &lowbar; _
096 None (grave accent/back apostrophe) `
097 - 122 = letters a - z
123 &lcub; {
124 &verbar; |
125 &rcub; }
126 &tilde; or &sim; ~
127 None (delete) None
128 - 159 = unused (MS specific)
160 &nbsp; non-breaking space
161 &iexcl; ¡
162 &cent; ¢
163 &pound; £
164 &curren; ¤
165 &yen; ¥
166 &brvbar; or &brkbar; ¦
167 &sect; §
168 &uml; or &die; ¨
169 &copy; ©
170 &ordf; ª
171 &laquo; «
172 &not; ¬
173 &shy; (soft hyphen) None
174 &reg; ®
175 &macr; or &hibar; ¯
176 &deg; °
177 &plusmn; ±
178 &sup2; ²
179 &sup3; ³
180 &acute; ´
181 &micro; µ
182 &para;
183 &middot; ·
184 &cedil; ¸
185 &sup1; ¹
186 &ordm; º
187 &raquo; »
188 &frac14; ¼
189 &frac12; or &half; ½
190 &frac34; ¾
191 &iquest; ¿

Additional tables of Latin characters coming soon!

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