What's the HTML character entity for the # sig

Question

What's the HTML character entity for the # sign? I've looked around for "pound" (keeps returning the currency), and "hash" and "number", but what I try doesn't seem to turn into the right character.

Answer 1

You can search it on the individual character at fileformat.info. Enter # as search string and the 1st hit will lead you to U+0023. Scroll a bit down to the 2nd table, Encodings, you'll see under each the following entries:

HTML Entity (decimal)  #
HTML Entity (hex)      #

Answer 2

The numerical reference is #.

Answer 3

For # we have #.

Bear in mind, though, it is a new entity (IE9 can't recognize it, for instance). For wide support, you'll have to resort, as said by others, the numerical references # and, in hex, &#x23.

If you need to find out others, there are some very useful tools around.

Answer 4

There is no HTML character entity for the # character, as the character has no special meaning in HTML.

You have to use a character code entity like # if you wish to HTML encode it for some reason.

Answer 5

# or #

http://www.asciitable.com/ has information. Wikipedia also has pages for most unicode characters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_sign

Answer 6

# is the best option because it is the only one that doesn't include the # (hash) in it. Supported by old browsers or not, it is the best practice going forward.

(What is the point of encoding something using the same symbol you are encoding?)