To display a less than sign (<) we must write: < or <

To display a less than sign (<) we must write: &lt; or &#60;

A common character entity used in HTML is the non-breaking space: &nbsp;

The non-breaking hyphen (&#8209;) lets you use a hyphen character (‑) that won't break.

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Some Other Useful HTML Character Entities

Result	Description	Entity Name	Entity Number
	non-breaking space	 	 
<	less than	&lt;	&#60;
>	greater than	&gt;	&#62;
&	ampersand	&amp;	&#38;
"	double quotation mark	&quot;	&#34;
'	single quotation mark (apostrophe)	&apos;	&#39;
¢	cent	&cent;	&#162;
£	pound	&pound;	&#163;
¥	yen	&yen;	&#165;
€	euro	&euro;	&#8364;
©	copyright	&copy;	&#169;
®	registered trademark	&reg;	&#174;

Note: Entity names are case sensitive.