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<h1 style="text-align: center;">output special characters using &amp;()</h1>
<h2>[WHAT]</h2>
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<li>] the ampersand (&amp;) operator is a function call to print out characters and / or 'special characters' within the html or js,</li>
<li>]&nbsp;you can also use the &amp; to print regular keyboard characters by using&nbsp;their ascii char code, ex &nbsp;&amp;65, &amp;97 will output "a" and "A" respectively&nbsp;</li>
<li>] special characters can be ] non-keyboard characters&nbsp;like the copyright symbol and the registered trademark symbol</li>
<li>] certain chars like like &lt;, &gt; are RESERVED char in html and thus to print them you must use their html entity name or code &amp;lt, &amp;gt</li>
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<h2>[WHY]</h2>
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<li>] &nbsp;when you need to ouput(print out) special characters like the ] copyright symbol, ] registered trademark symbol, &nbsp;] spaces, ] ampersands, ] in your html or javascript output</li>
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<h2>[WHERE]</h2>
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<li>]&nbsp;EXAMPLE - PAGE</li>
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<h2>[WHEN]</h2>
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<li>]&nbsp;special characters are not on most keyboards.</li>
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<h2>[EXAMPLE]</h2>
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<li>]&nbsp;&amp;nbsp - space</li>
<li>] &amp;lt - &lt;</li>
<li>] &amp;gt - &gt;</li>
<li>] &amp;copy - copyright symbol, &copy;</li>
<li>] &amp;register - registered trademark symbol, &reg;</li>
<li>] &amp;ouml - 2 dots on top of an o - &ouml;</li>
<li>] &nbsp;</li>
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<h2>[HOW-TO]</h2>
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<li>] simply place the &amp; symbol in front of the name / char code of the character/sybmol you wish to print</li>
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<li>&nbsp;&amp;copy</li>
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<h2>[REFERENCE]</h2>
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<li>] PG</li>
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