XML Character Entities

XML has character entities predefined for all XML delimiters such as < or &. In addition, XML supports character entities for any Unicode character in one of two forms:

&#nnn; = where nnn is the decimal number for the Unicode character.

&#xnnn; = where nnn is the hexadecimal number for the Unicode character.

Some of the most common special characters you may want to use include:

Character	Named Form	Decimal Form	Hexadecimal
<	<	<	<
>	>	>	>
&	&	&	$#x26;
non-breaking space
line-end
tab

For a complete list of Unicode character points, see the Unicode Code Charts or the character Name Index.