Less than

Less than sign

Reserved

HTML Codes

Named Entity

&lt;

Numeric Code

&#60;

Usage Examples

HTML Example (Named Entity)

<p>This is the Less than: &lt;</p>

Output: This is the Less than: <

HTML Example (Numeric Code)

<p>This is the Less than: &#60;</p>

Output: This is the Less than: <

JavaScript Example

const char = "&lt;";
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

Greater than

Greater than sign

Ampersand

Quote

Double quotation mark

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