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osman musse
331 PointsWhy when we make an <p> element sometimes the teachers uses something like & amp; inside the paragraph
Why when we make an <p> element sometimes the teachers uses something like & amp; inside the paragraph
2 Answers
Steven Parker
220,450 PointsThere are some Unicode characters, sometimes called "HTML symbol entities", that are represented in HTML using a group of characters. These groups begin with an ampersand ("&") and end with a semicolon (";") and have an abbreviated name or a number code in between.
Since the ampersand is used to identify such sequences, it has a code itself, which is "&". So anytime you wish an ampersand to be seen you must use that code in your text.
Click on this link for a descriptive page with a table of the more common codes, and this one has more comprehensive table.
osman musse
331 PointsThanks Steven Parker
Jeff Kinley
21,207 PointsJeff Kinley
21,207 PointsThese are called HTML entities. For more info, check this out:
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/html/html_entities.htm