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Every character that we use in our html has a html number equivalent. This list is useful when writing code that requires special characters to display correctly.

Symbol HTML number HTML name Description
  Space
! ! Exclamation mark
" &quote; Double Quotes
# # Number sign
$ $ Dollar sign
% % Percent sign
& & & Ampersand
' Single quote
( ( Opening Parenthesis
) ) Closing Parenthesis
* * Asterisk
+ + Plus sign
, , Comma
- Minus sign or Hyphen
. . Period
/ / Forward slash
: : Colon
; &#59; Semi Colon
< &#60; &lt; Less than sign
= &#61; Equal sign
> &#62; &gt; Greater than sign
? &#63; Question mark
@ &#64; At symbol
[ &#91; Open bracket