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Character set

The following table describes the complete character set for Internet Explorer. The first column shows the character as it appears. The second column shows the decimal number as it is written in an HTML document to produce the characters. Occasionally, special characters have mnemonic names. For example, the registered trademark character can be written in HTML as ®. The third column lists these HTML characters. The last column gives a description of each character where appropriate.

Char

Decimal Code

HTML

Description

 

	

 

Horizontal tab

 




 

Line feed

 

 

Space

!

!

 

Exclamation mark

"

"

"

Quotation mark

#

#

 

Number sign

$

$

 

Dollar sign

%

%

 

Percent sign

&

&

&

Ampersand

'

'

 

Apostrophe

(

(

 

Left parenthesis

)

)

 

Right parenthesis

*

*

 

Asterisk

+

+

 

Plus sign

,

,

 

Comma

-

-

 

Hyphen

.

.

 

Full stop

/

/

 

Solidus (slash)

0

0

 

Digit 0

1

1

 

Digit 1

2

2

 

Digit 2

3

3

 

Digit 3

4

4

 

Digit 4

5

5

 

Digit 5

6

6

 

Digit 6

7

7

 

Digit 7

8

8

 

Digit 8

9

9

 

Digit 9

:

:

 

Colon

;

&#59;

 

Semicolon

<

&#60;

&lt;

Less than

=

&#61;

 

Equals sign

>

&#62;

&gt;

Greater than

?

&#63;

 

Question mark

@

&#64;

 

Commercial at

A

&#65;

 

Capital A

B

&#66;

 

Capital B

C

&#67;

 

Capital C

D

&#68;

 

Capital D

E

&#69;

 

Capital E

F

&#70;

 

Capital F

G

&#71;

 

Capital G

H

&#72;

 

Capital H

I

&#73;

 

Capital I

J

&#74;

 

Capital J

K

&#75;

 

Capital K

L

&#76;

 

Capital L

M

&#77;

 

Capital M

N

&#78;

 

Capital N

O

&#79;

 

Capital O

P

&#80;

 

Capital P

Q

&#81;

 

Capital Q

R

&#82;

 

Capital R

S

&#83;

 

Capital S

T

&#84;

 

Capital T

U

&#85;

 

Capital U

V

&#86;

 

Capital V

W

&#87;

 

Capital W

X

&#88;

 

Capital X

Y

&#89;

 

Capital Y

Z

&#90;

 

Capital Z

[

&#91;

 

Left square bracket

\

&#92;

 

Reverse solidus (backslash)

]

&#93;

 

Right square bracket

^

&#94;

 

Caret

_

&#95;

 

Horizontal bar (underscore)

`

&#96;

 

Acute accent

a

&#97;

 

Small a

b

&#98;

 

Small b

c

&#99;

 

Small c

d

&#100;

 

Small d

e

&#101;

 

Small e

f

&#102;

 

Small f

g

&#103;

 

Small g

h

&#104;

 

Small h

i

&#105;

 

Small i

j

&#106;

 

Small j

k

&#107;

 

Small k

l

&#108;

 

Small l

m

&#109;

 

Small m

n

&#110;

 

Small n

o

&#111;

 

Small o

p

&#112;

 

Small p

q

&#113;

 

Small q

r

&#114;

 

Small r

s

&#115;

 

Small s

t

&#116;

 

Small t

u

&#117;

 

Small u

v

&#118;

 

Small v

w

&#119;

 

Small w

x

&#120;

 

Small x

y

&#121;

 

Small y

z

&#122;

 

Small z

{

&#123;

 

Left curly brace

|

&#124;

 

Vertical bar

}

&#125;

 

Right curly brace

~

&#126;

 

Tilde



&#127;

 

Unused

&#128;

 

Unused

 

&#160;

&nbsp;

Non-breaking Space

¡

&#161;

&iexcl;

Inverted exclamation

¢

&#162;

&cent;

Cent sign

£

&#163;

&pound;

Pound sterling

¤

&#164;

&curren;

General currency sign

¥

&#165;

&yen;

Yen sign

¦

&#166;

&brvbar; or &brkbar;

Broken vertical bar

§

&#167;

&&sect;

Section sign

¨

&#168;

&&um; or &&die;

Diæresis / Umlaut

©

&#169;

&copy;

Copyright

ª

&#170;

&ordf;

Feminine ordinal

«

&#171;

&laquo;

Left angle quote, guillemot left

¬

&#172;

&not

Not sign

­

&#173;

&shy;

Soft hyphen

®

&#174;

&reg;

Registered trademark

¯

&#175;

&macr; or &hibar;

Macron accent

°

&#176;

&deg;

Degree sign

±

&#177;

&plusmn;

Plus or minus

²

&#178;

&sup2;

Superscript two

³

&#179;

&sup3;

Superscript three

´

&#180;

&acute;

Acute accent

µ

&#181;

&micro;

Micro sign

&#182;

&para;

Paragraph sign

·

&#183;

&middot;

Middle dot

¸

&#184;

&cedil;

Cedilla

¹

&#185;

&sup1;

Superscript one

º

&#186;

&ordm;

Masculine ordinal

»

&#187;

&raquo;

Right angle quote, guillemot right

¼

&#188;

&frac14;

Fraction one-fourth

½

&#189;

&frac12;

Fraction one-half

¾

&#190;

&frac34;

Fraction three-fourths

¿

&#191;

&iquest;

Inverted question mark

À

&#192;

&Agrave;

Capital A, grave accent

Á

&#193;

&Aacute;

Capital A, acute accent

Â

&#194;

&Acirc;

Capital A, circumflex

Ã

&#195;

&Atilde;

Capital A, tilde

Ä

&#196;

&Auml;

Capital A, diæresis / umlaut

Å

&#197;

&Aring;

Capital A, ring

Æ

&#198;

&AElig;

Capital AE ligature

Ç

&#199;

&Ccedil;

Capital C, cedilla

È

&#200;

&Egrave;

Capital E, grave accent

É

&#201;

&Eacute;

Capital E, acute accent

Ê

&#202;

&Ecirc;

Capital E, circumflex

Ë

&#203;

&Euml;

Capital E, diæresis / umlaut

Ì

&#204;

&Igrave;

Capital I, grave accent

Í

&#205;

&Iacute;

Capital I, acute accent

Î

&#206;

&Icirc;

Capital I, circumflex

Ï

&#207;

&Iuml;

Capital I, diæresis / umlaut

Ð

&#208;

&ETH;

Capital Eth, Icelandic

Ñ

&#209;

&Ntilde;

Capital N, tilde

Ò

&#210;

&Ograve;

Capital O, grave accent

Ó

&#211;

&Oacute;

Capital O, acute accent

Ô

&#212;

&Ocirc;

Capital O, circumflex

Õ

&#213;

&Otilde;

Capital O, tilde

Ö

&#214;

&Ouml;

Capital O, diæresis / umlaut

×

&#215;

&times;

Multiply sign

Ø

&#216;

&Oslash;

Capital O, slash

Ù

&#217;

&Ugrave;

Capital U, grave accent

Ú

&#218;

&Uacute;

Capital U, acute accent

Û

&#219;

&Ucirc;

Capital U, circumflex

Ü

&#220;

&Uuml;

Capital U, diæresis / umlaut

Ý

&#221;

&Yacute;

Capital Y, acute accent

Þ

&#222;

&THORN;

Capital Thorn, Icelandic

ß

&#223;

&szlig;

Small sharp s, German sz

à

&#224;

&agrave;

Small a, grave accent

á

&#225;

&aacute;

Small a, acute accent

â

&#226;

&acirc;

Small a, circumflex

ã

&#227;

&atilde;

Small a, tilde

ä

&#228;

&auml;

Small a, diæresis / umlaut

å

&#229;

&aring;

Small a, ring

æ

&#230;

&aelig;

Small ae ligature

ç

&#231;

&ccedil;

Small c, cedilla

è

&#232;

&egrave;

Small e, grave accent

é

&#233;

&eacute;

Small e, acute accent

ê

&#234;

&ecirc;

Small e, circumflex

ë

&#235;

&euml;

Small e, diæresis / umlaut

ì

&#236;

&igrave;

Small i, grave accent

í

&#237;

&iacute;

Small i, acute accent

î

&#238;

&icirc;

Small i, circumflex

ï

&#239;

&iuml;

Small i, diæresis / umlaut

ð

&#240;

&eth;

Small eth, Icelandic

ñ

&#241;

&ntilde;

Small n, tilde

ò

&#242;

&ograve;

Small o, grave accent

ó

&#243;

&oacute;

Small o, acute accent

ô

&#244;

&ocirc;

Small o, circumflex

õ

&#245;

&otilde;

Small o, tilde

ö

&#246;

&ouml;

Small o, diæresis / umlaut

÷

&#247;

&divide;

Division sign

ø

&#248;

&oslash;

Small o, slash

ù

&#249;

&ugrave;

Small u, grave accent

ú

&#250;

&uacute;

Small u, acute accent

û

&#251;

&ucirc;

Small u, circumflex

ü

&#252;

&uuml;

Small u, diæresis / umlaut

ý

&#253;

&yacute;

Small y, acute accent

þ

&#254;

&thorn;

Small thorn, Icelandic

ÿ

&#255;

&yuml;

Small y, diæresis / umlau