Character entities in HTML

Escaping the characters that markup itself reserves.

<p>
  Write <code>&lt;div&gt;</code> to show a tag, and
  <code>&amp;amp;</code> to show an ampersand.
</p>
<p>
  Filter with <code>WHERE total &gt;= 100 &amp;&amp; paid</code>.
</p>
<p>Version&nbsp;2.1 &mdash; released today. Copyright &copy; 2026.</p>

How it works

< and > show angle brackets as text.
& is needed even inside attribute values.
  keeps two words on the same line.

The run, in numbers

Lines: 8
Characters to type: 247
Tokens: 65
Three-star pace: 60 tpm

At the three-star pace of 60 tokens a minute, this run takes about 65 seconds.

Type this snippet

Step 3 of 3 in The document, step 3 of 28 in Document structure.

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