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Special Characters

                  There may be a need to add special symbols like the left angle bracket (<), the right angle bracket (>), or
                  the ampersand (&) on a web page. HTML treats these symbols as part of the code if added directly. To
                  display them correctly, we can use <, >, and & respectively. These symbols are also called as
                  character entities.

                  The following table lists all the commonly used HTML character entities, their symbol, HTML code, and
                  a description of their purpose:
                               Symbol                        HTML Code                         Description

                                  <                               <               Less-than sign (<)
                                  >                              >                Greater-than sign (>)

                                  &                             &                Ampersand (&)
                                  "                             "               Double quotation mark (")

                                  ‘                             '               Single quotation mark (')
                                Space                                           Non-breaking space

                                  ©                             ©               Copyright symbol (©)
                  To display the less-than symbol (<), greater-than symbol (>), and ampersand (&) on a webpage,
                  use HTML entities:

                  < - Left Angle Bracket

                  > - Right Angle Bracket
                  & - Ampersand
                  The following HTML code uses these special characters to display them on the web page:

                  <HTML>
                  <HEAD>
                          <TITLE>Special Characters Example</title>
                  </HEAD>
                  <BODY>

                      <h1>Displaying Special Characters in HTML</h1>
                  </BODY>
                  </HTML>
                  The output of the preceding HTML code is as follows:




















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