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Using Reserved Characters and Symbols in HTML

Using Reserved Characters and Symbols in HTML

In this lesson, we will learn the usage of reserved characters and symbols in HTML.

We'll cover the following...

In a few listings, you have already met a strange set of character literals, such as in this snippet:

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<div>
  &lt;div&gt; always starts a new block,
  <span style="font-weight: bold">
    however &lt;span&gt; defines a
    logical container for inline text.
  </span>
</div>

In those listings I declined to explain what they are, but it is time to get acquainted with them.

There are characters that are reserved in HTML and XHTML. For example, the “<” and “>” signs are reserved, because they are used by the HTML (XHTML) scanner to recognize the beginning and end of tags. However, these ...