Special Characters
Certain characters are not accessible from the normal keyboard and some
characters are used in HTML. For these characters there are special methods
to get them to be displayed on a web page. Here is a list of a few special
characters and their escape codes:
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< less than
> greater than
& & ampersand
" " quotation marks
space
® registered symbol
© © copyright symbol
÷ ÷ division sign
° degree sign
µ µ micro sign
± plus-or-minus sign
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Here are a few examples as seen on a web page:
quotation marks "
copyright symbol ©
division sign ÷
registered symbol ®
degree sign °
cent sign ¢
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ASSIGNMENT:
You will make a web page which contains
the following sections:
SECTION ONE: List ten cities along with their high and low temperatures for
the day before the one on which you do this assignment. Actually look
up the high and low
temperatures for these cities. (How do I look up temperatures? DUH!!! Try
Yahoo!!! or MSN or just about any site like that!)
SECTION TWO: Make a list of ten division problems
and their answers.
SECTION THREE: Create a list of ten food items which can be purchased for
less than a dollar each. Use the cent symbol to display the cost of each
item.
NOTE: Actually use list tags to construct your lists!!!