HTML Tutorial EX2C
Escape Sequences

Several special characters are provided through the use of escape sequences, which begin with the character ampersand (&) and end with a semicolon (;). The escape sequences for HTML 1.0 are:

Escape
Sequence		 Name of Character Character
< less than
<
&gt; greater than
>
&amp; ampersand
&
&quot; double quote
"

Additional escape sequences support accented characters, such as:

Escape
Sequence		 Name of Character Character
&ouml; lowercase o with an umlaut
ö
&ntilde; lowercase n with a tilde
ñ
&Egrave; uppercase E with a grave accent
È