Snakes and Codes

HTML entities are a set of special characters that you can use in your HTML documents. These are used to represent reserved characters in HTML that have special meaning, non-printable characters, and other characters that cannot be typed directly from the keyboard. Entities are particularly useful when you need to include characters that are reserved in HTML, such as less than (<) and greater than (>) signs. Understanding HTML Entities HTML entities are composed of an ampersand (&), followed by a name or a number sign (#) and a number, and ending with a semicolon (;). Named entities use a name to represent the character (e.g., `&` for an ampersand), while numbered entities use a number (e.g., `&` for an ampersand). For example, to include a less than sign in your HTML document, you would use the named entity `<` or the numbered entity `<`. If you try to use the less than sign directly, it could be interpreted as the beginning of a tag, causing issu...