HTML entity (P4575)
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escaping sequence in the source code of an HTML document that represents a textual character, either in the content of a text element or a tagged comment, or in the given value of an attribute
- HTML character
- escape sequence
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | HTML entity |
escaping sequence in the source code of an HTML document that represents a textual character, either in the content of a text element or a tagged comment, or in the given value of an attribute |
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Data type
String
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10 December 2017
HTML entities
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Constraints
(&(?:#(?:[0-9]+|x[0-9A-Fa-f]+);|[0-9A-Za-z]+;|A(?:Elig|MP|acute|circ|grave|ring|tilde|uml)|C(?:OPY|cedil)|E(?:TH|acute|circ|grave|uml)|GT|LT|I(?:acute|circ|grave|uml)|Ntilde|O(?:acute|circ|grave|slash|tilde|uml)|QUOT|REG|THORN|U(?:acute|circ|grave|uml)|Yacute|a(?:acute|c(?:irc|ute)|elig|grave|mp|ring|tilde|uml)|brvbar|c(?:cedil|e(?:dil|nt)|opy|urren)|d(?:eg|ivide)|e(?:acute|circ|grave|th|uml)|frac(?:1[24]|34)|gt|i(?:acute|circ|excl|grave|quest|uml)|l(?:aquo|t)|m(?:acr|i(?:cro|ddot))|n(?:bsp|ot|tilde)|o(?:acute|circ|grave|rd[fm]|slash|tilde|uml)|p(?:ara|lusmn|ound)|quot|r(?:aquo|eg)|s(?:ect|hy|up[1-3]|zlig)|t(?:horn|imes)|u(?:acute|circ|grave|ml|uml)|y(?:acute|en|uml)))(\g<1>)*
& then alphanumerics (for named character references); &# then numbers (for decimal numeric character references); or &#x then hexadecimals (for hexadecimal character references); all followed by a semicolon, unless a specified exception in the named character references table (English)
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