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HTML Entities

HTML entities safely display reserved characters.

Read Time

5 min read

Difficulty

Beginner

Last Updated

Jun 15, 2026

Version

v1.0.0

Introduction

HTML reserves specific characters like angle brackets for tags. If you type a less-than sign, the browser expects an HTML element. Entities use special codes to render these characters safely on the screen.

Syntax

1<!-- entity syntax -->
2<p>5 &lt; 10</p>

Example

1<!-- this uses entities -->
2<!DOCTYPE html>
3<html lang="en">
4  <head>
5    <meta charset="UTF-8">
6    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
7    <title>Entities</title>
8  </head>
9  <body>
10    <p>The &lt;h1&gt; tag creates a heading.</p>
11  </body>
12</html>

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Key Points

Entities display reserved HTML characters.
An entity begins with an ampersand.
An entity ends with a semicolon.
Non-breaking spaces prevent line breaks.

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