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Getting special characters on to your web pages.
The following chart shows the low 7-bit ASCII printable character codes for use in your HTML web pages (NOTE: not all characters will show up on a particular browser/platform combination):
NOTE: Many browsers will not support all of the following name codes, so you may want to use them with caution. Widely supported name codes include: ", #, &, <, and >. Also, many of these characters can be used by simply typing them from the keyboard.
| Character | Numeric Code | Name Code | Notes |
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|   | N/A | space | |
| ! | ! | N/A | exclamation point |
| " | " | " | inch mark (used as a double quotation mark) |
| # | # | # | pound sign (also called number sign) |
| $ | $ | $ | dollar sign |
| % | % | % | percent |
| & | & | & | ampersand |
| ' | ' | ' | foot mark (used as single quote or apostrophe) |
| ( | ( | ( | left parenthesis |
| ) | ) | ) | right parenthesis |
| * | * | * | asterisk |
| + | + | N/A | plus sign |
| , | , | , | comma |
| - | - | ‐ | hyphen |
| . | . | . | period (also called dot) |
| / | / | N/A | slash (also called forward slash or virgule) |
| 0 | 0 | N/A | zero |
| 1 | 1 | N/A | one |
| 2 | 2 | N/A | two |
| 3 | 3 | N/A | three |
| 4 | 4 | N/A | four |
| 5 | 5 | N/A | five |
| 6 | 6 | N/A | six |
| 7 | 7 | N/A | seven |
| 8 | 8 | N/A | eight |
| 9 | 9 | N/A | nine |
| : | : | : | colon |
| ; | ; | ; | semi-colon |
| < | < | < | less than (also called left tag) |
| = | = | N/A | equal |
| > | > | > | greater than (also called right tag) |
| ? | ? | N/A | question mark |
| @ | @ | N/A | at sign (also called apiece sign) |
| A | A | N/A | UPPERCASE A |
| B | B | N/A | UPPERCASE B |
| C | C | N/A | UPPERCASE C |
| D | D | N/A | UPPERCASE D |
| E | E | N/A | UPPERCASE E |
| F | F | N/A | UPPERCASE F |
| G | G | N/A | UPPERCASE G |
| H | H | N/A | UPPERCASE H |
| I | I | N/A | UPPERCASE I |
| J | J | N/A | UPPERCASE J |
| K | K | N/A | UPPERCASE K |
| L | L | N/A | UPPERCASE L |
| M | M | N/A | UPPERCASE M |
| N | N | N/A | UPPERCASE N |
| O | O | N/A | UPPERCASE O |
| P | P | N/A | UPPERCASE P |
| Q | Q | N/A | UPPERCASE Q |
| R | R | N/A | UPPERCASE R |
| S | S | N/A | UPPERCASE S |
| T | T | N/A | UPPERCASE T |
| U | U | N/A | UPPERCASE U |
| V | V | N/A | UPPERCASE V |
| W | W | N/A | UPPERCASE W |
| X | X | N/A | UPPERCASE X |
| Y | Y | N/A | UPPERCASE Y |
| Z | Z | N/A | UPPERCASE Z |
| [ | [ | [ | left square bracket |
| \ | \ | \ | backslash |
| ] | ] | ] | right square bracket |
| ^ | ^ | ˆ | caret (also called circumflex) |
| _ | _ | _ | underscore |
| ` | ` | ` | accent grave |
| a | a | N/A | lowercase a |
| b | b | N/A | lowercase b |
| c | c | N/A | lowercase c |
| d | d | N/A | lowercase d |
| e | e | N/A | lowercase e |
| f | f | N/A | lowercase f |
| g | g | N/A | lowercase g |
| h | h | N/A | lowercase h |
| i | i | N/A | lowercase i |
| j | j | N/A | lowercase j |
| k | k | N/A | lowercase k |
| l | l | N/A | lowercase l |
| m | m | N/A | lowercase m |
| n | n | N/A | lowercase n |
| o | o | N/A | lowercase o |
| p | p | N/A | lowercase p |
| q | q | N/A | lowercase q |
| r | r | N/A | lowercase r |
| s | s | N/A | lowercase s |
| t | t | N/A | lowercase t |
| u | u | N/A | lowercase u |
| v | v | N/A | lowercase v |
| w | w | N/A | lowercase w |
| x | x | N/A | lowercase x |
| y | y | N/A | lowercase y |
| z | z | N/A | lowercase z |
| { | { | { | left curly brace |
| | | | | | | vertical bar |
| } | } | } | right curly brace |
| ~ | ~ | ˜ | tilde |
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