Creating a Web Page - Escape Characters

Have you ever wondered how people display actual HTML on a page? I mean if they were typing in HTML, wouldn't it actually show how it was meant to?
Enter - 'Escape Characters'!

If you are wanting to display the HTML on the page, you will need to use different characters to prevent the information from showing as working HTML.
For an example, say I wanted to show you the source for creating a link.

<A HREF="home.html">HOME</A>

If I typed it exactly how it looked then all that would show is:

HOME

To show the actual source I have used escape characters:

`<`	`for the '<'`	`>`	`for the '>'`
`<A HREF="home.html">HOME</A>`

Most of these sets of characters start with the '&' and end with the ';'.

Below is a list of 'Escape Characters' that you may want to use if you are wanting to display HTML Source on your pages.

Here are some of the Major ones used

The Character Will look like Use the Text or Code

The Ampersand & & &

Less-than sign < < <

Greater-than sign > > >

Quotation Mark " " "

Non breaking space    

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The Character	Will look like	Use the Text	or Code
The Ampersand	&	`&`	`&`
Less-than sign	<	`<`	`<`
Greater-than sign	>	`>`	`>`
Quotation Mark	"	`"`	`"`
Non breaking space		` `	` `
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