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.
What I Mean
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.
Here’s How It Works
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.
Here They Are
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!
