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.