Math and Special Characters

HTML allows for several special or mathematical characters. Additionally, several mathematical formatting commands are possible.

Special Characters

Certain characters are always intepreted as commands by the HTML browser. Hence, for these normal characters to be used, special commands are needed.

General Syntax:

&name;

Special Characters

NameCharacterHTML Code
Ampersand & &
Double Quote" "
Less Than< &lt;
Greater Than> &gt;