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HTML Symbols
HTML
HTML symbols (like ∑
, ☀
, ☎
) can be used in html page by entity symbol.
Entity Symbol
There are many symbols that are not present on keyboard, can displayed by entity character of symbol.
Entity name is enclosed by beginning with ampersand (&) and ends with a semicolon (;) ie: &#prod;
is for symbol ∏
Entity number(Decimal or Hexadecimal) can also be used instead of entity name. Ex: &8719;
or ∏
for ∏
character.
Learning with HTML Editor "Try it Now"
You can edit the HTML code and view the result using online editor.
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML Entity Symbol</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>Example: HTML Entity Symbol</p>
<h1>∏ is the entity name for ∏ symbol.</h1>
<h1>∏ is the entity number for ∏ symbol.</h1>
</body>
</html>
Click on the "Try it Now" button to see how it works.