Text error / (“&”)?
No biggie, but is there a way to fix text that occasionally appears as “&” & if so how, & why does text show up this way? (By way of example, it does it when I access the pages showing my questions.)
Thank you!
Modified by cor-el
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The & character is special in HTML because it starts a number of codes known as HTML Entities. To represent this special character, when writing HTML, you write & and the browser displays it as &.
If this or other HTML Entities are visible, that could indicate that the script or software which generates the page did not fully/properly decode whatever its data source is back to final form.
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Can you attach a screenshot?
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screenshot
- https://support.mozilla.org/kb/how-do-i-create-screenshot-my-problem
Use a compressed image type like PNG or JPG to save the screenshot.
Chosen Solution
The & character is special in HTML because it starts a number of codes known as HTML Entities. To represent this special character, when writing HTML, you write & and the browser displays it as &.
If this or other HTML Entities are visible, that could indicate that the script or software which generates the page did not fully/properly decode whatever its data source is back to final form.
I think jscher2000's response (above) answers this.
Thank you!
Oh yes, I see that, too. This site's underlying wiki platform is constantly being tweaked, and here's another thing that needs to be fixed.
Note that I've edited your first post to have it shown the entity code “&amp” -> “&”
The thread title doesn't resolve the entity code and displays them as such.