What in the world is an “&” command?
Ampersand commands (“&” is pronounced “ampersand”) are quite useful, especially to me. I use them all over these HTML tutorials to create the characters not found on the keyboard or to make command characters show up on the page.
Let’s say you want a copyright insignia. Well, there isn’t any copyright on the keyboard. That means you’ll need to either create it as a graphic or use an “&” command to place it. Have you also noticed that all over my pages I show HTML commands like <HTML>? Don’t you find that strange seeing as if I enclose HTML in < > brackets that it shouldn’t show up on the page?
What I am doing is using an “&” command to create the greater-than and less-than sign.
Your browser reads commands inside of greater-than and less-than brackets. But did you know it also reads commands inside of an “&” and “;” (semicolon) insignia? Well, it does.
Those who create the HTML code have created a slew of these commands that sit inside of an “&” and a “;”. All you need to know is the little three- or four-letter code that goes between the “&” and the “;” and you’ll be placing little insignias all over your page.
Below is a chart showing as many “&” commands as I could find. Remember: You do not place these codes inside of < and > commands. These just sit as they appear in the chart below. They always begin with an “&” and end with a “;”.
Each chart cell is set up with the “&” command, as it should appear on your page, and then what the command created below. Like so:
| © © |
Capitalization Counts Here!
| < < |
> > |
& & |
" " |
| (A Space) |
Ç Ç |
&ccdil; ç |
Ñ Ñ |
| ñ ñ |
Þ Þ |
þ þ |
Ý Ý |
| ý ý |
ÿ ÿ |
ß ß |
Æ Æ |
| Á Á |
  |
À À |
Å Å |
| Ã Ã |
Ä Ä |
æ æ |
á á |
| â â |
à à |
å å |
ã ã |
| ä ä |
Ð Ð |
É É |
Ê Ê |
| È È |
Ë Ë |
ð ð |
é é |
| ê ê |
è è |
ë ë |
Í Í |
| Î Î |
Ì Ì |
Ï Ï |
í í |
| î î |
ì ì |
ï ï |
Ó Ó |
| Ô Ô |
Ò Ò |
Ø Ø |
Õ Õ |
| Ö Ö |
ó ó |
ô ô |
ò ò |
| ø ø |
õ õ |
ö ö |
Ú Ú |
| Û Û |
Ù Ù |
Ü Ü |
ú ú |
| û û |
ù ù |
ü ü |
® ® |
| ± ± |
µ µ |
¶ ¶ |
· · |
| ¢ ¢ |
£ £ |
¥ ¥ |
¼ ¼ |
| ½ ½ |
¾ ¾ |
¹ ¹ |
² ² |
| ³ ³ |
¿ ¿ |
° ° |
¦ ¦ |
| § § |
« « |
» » |
Enjoy!
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