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David Service
David Service
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Posted by David Service
David Service
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Inserting HTML Entities

When Guil inserts the HTML entities in his markup, why is it formatted "&#xe602" instead of "&#602"? What is the difference?

3 Answers

Logan R
Logan R
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Logan R
Logan R
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They are the same thing, but the first number is an HTML entity while the second is a Unicode.

http://www.htmlescape.net/e6/character_e602.html

Edit: But he is also using a custom font, so I am not sure on the rules of that.

Wayne Priestley
Wayne Priestley
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Wayne Priestley
Wayne Priestley
19,579 Points

Hi David,

Sometimes there is more than one way to type the code and get the same results e.g. to get an ampersand you could type the Entity name & or you could type the Entity number &

Both will give you the correct symbol.

Hope this helps.

Edit: Logan beat me to it :)

David Service
David Service
12,928 Points
David Service
David Service
12,928 Points

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the quick responses! What I was specifically confused about the hexadecimal notation and how it worked.

So from what I understand, an HTML entity can take the form of a name, number (using the "&#" notation), and a third notation ("&#x"); I'm just wondering what the third notation is, and when/why we would use it.

I may be missing something really obvious here, but any help is appreciated.

Thanks again,

David

David Service
David Service
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David Service
David Service
12,928 Points

Just figured it out! I took Logan's answer, looking for ways that unicode is applied to web, and found this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode#Web

Thanks again, guys.