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HTML Entity Detail
HTML Entity - Ampersand
Ampersand is a reserved HTML characters and special typographic symbols. This HTML entity enables web developers to display this character reliably across all browsers without encoding issues.
Symbol preview
&
Unicode
U+00026
HTML entity
&
CSS code
\0026
Usage Examples
Always encode ampersands in HTML as & to avoid parsing errors. For example, use & in attribute values: href="page.php?id=1&name=test". In a sentence: use & instead of — like Johnson & Johnson.
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Common Mistakes
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Mistake: Forgetting to encode & as & in HTML content or attributes
Fix: Always use & to display a literal ampersand in HTML. In URLs, use %26 instead.
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Mistake: Using & in query strings without URL encoding
Fix: In URLs, encode & as %26. The & character has special meaning as a query parameter separator.
Ampersand
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Category: Special Chars & Html
| Unicode | U+00026 |
|---|---|
| Hex Code | & |
| HTML Code | & |
| HTML Entity | & |
| CSS Code | \0026 |
| Windows Shortcut | Alt 0038 |
| Mac Shortcut | |
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Last updated: 21 Jun 2026
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