Apostrophe

Single quotation mark (apostrophe)

Reserved

HTML Codes

Named Entity

&apos;

Numeric Code

&#39;

Usage Examples

HTML Example (Named Entity)

<p>This is the Apostrophe: &apos;</p>

Output: This is the Apostrophe: '

HTML Example (Numeric Code)

<p>This is the Apostrophe: &#39;</p>

Output: This is the Apostrophe: '

JavaScript Example

const char = "&apos;";
console.log(char); // '

When to Use HTML Entities

These characters are reserved in HTML and must be escaped to display correctly. Always use entity codes when you want to display these characters as text.

Related Reserved Entities

Less than

Less than sign

Greater than

Greater than sign

Ampersand

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