Code snippets

In this article, you can find some code snippets that might be useful at times.

HTML escape characters

Description	Sign	HTML entity	Decimal	Hex code	CSS code	Template
Ampersand	&	`&`	`&`	`&`	`\0026`
Quotation mark	"	`"`	`"`	`"`	`\0022`
Number sign	#	`&num;`	`#`	`#`	`\0023`
Asterisk	*	`&ast;`	`*`	`*`	`\002A`
Bullet	•	`•`	`•`	`•`	`\2022`
Dagger	†	`&dagger;`	`†`	`†`	`\2020`
Colon	:	`&colon;`	`:`	`:`	`\003A`
Copyright	©	`©`	`©`	`©`	`\00A9`
Trade mark	™	`™`	`™`	`™`	`\2122`
Registered TM	®	`®`	`®`	`®`	`\00AE`
Non-breaking space		` `	` `	` `	`\00A0`	{{sp}}
Thin space		` `				{{tsp}}
Space			` `	` `	`\0020`
Non-breaking hyphen	‑		`‑`	`‑`	`\2011`
Soft hyphen		``	``	``	`\00AD`
Broken vertical bar	¦	`¦`	`¦`	`¦`	`\00A6`

Description	Sign	HTML entity	Decimal	Hex code	CSS code	Wikitext
Less than	<	`<`	`<`	`<`	`\003C`
Greater than	>	`>`	`>`	`>`	`\003E`
Left parenthesis	(	`(`	`(`	`(`	`\0028`
Right parenthesis	)	`)`	`)`	`)`	`\0029`
Left bracket	[	`[`	`[`	`[`	`\005B`	`{{!(}}`
Right bracket	]	`]`	`]`	`]`	`\005D`	`{{)!}}`
Left brace	{	`{`	`{`	`{`	`\007B`
Right brace	}	`}`	`}`	`}`	`\007D`
Vertical bar (Pipe)	\|	`\|`	`\|`	`\|`	`\007C`	`{{!}}`
Double left-pointing angle quotation mark	«	`«`	`«`	`«`	`\00AB`
Double right-pointing angle quotation mark	»	`»`	`»`	`»`	`\00BB`

Description	Sign	HTML entity	Decimal	Hex code	CSS code	Wikitext
Equal	=	`=`	`=`	`=`	`\003D`	`{{=}}`
Not equal	≠	`≠`	`≠`	`≠`	`\2260`
Almost equal	≈	`≈`	`≈`	`≈`	`\2248`
Approx. equal	≅	`&cong;`	`≅`	`≅`	`\2245`
Less or equal	≤	`≤`	`≤`	`≤`	`\2264`
Greater or equal	≥	`≥`	`≥`	`≥`	`\2265`
Identical	≡	`&equiv;`	`≡`	`≡`	`\2261`
Not identical	≢	`&nequiv;`	`≢`	`≢`	`\2262`
Multiplication	×	`×`	`×`	`×`	`\00D7`
Division	÷	`÷`	`÷`	`÷`	`\00F7`
Plus/minus	±	`±`	`±`	`±`	`\00B1`
Infinity	∞	`∞`	`∞`	`∞`	`\221E`
Tilde	∼	`&sim;`	`∼`	`∼`	`\223C`
Superscript 2	²	`²`	`²`	`²`	`\00B2`
Superscript 3	³	`³`	`³`	`³`	`\00B3`
Greek pi	π	`π`	`π`	`π`	`\03C0`

Description	Sign	HTML entity	Decimal	Hex code	CSS code
One half	½	`½`	`½`	`½`	`\00BD`
One third	⅓	`&frac13;`	`⅓`	`⅓`	`\2153`
Two thirds	⅔	`&frac23;`	`⅔`	`⅔`	`\2154`
One quarter	¼	`¼`	`¼`	`¼`	`\00BC`
Three quarters	¾	`¾`	`¾`	`¾`	`\00BE`
One fifth	⅕	`&frac15;`	`⅕`	`⅕`	`\2155`
Two fifths	⅖	`&frac25;`	`⅖`	`⅖`	`\2156`
Three fifths	⅗	`&frac35;`	`⅗`	`⅗`	`\2157`
Four fifths	⅘	`&frac45;`	`⅘`	`⅘`	`\2158`
One sixth	⅙	`&frac16;`	`⅙`	`⅙`	`\2159`
Five sixths	⅚	`&frac56;`	`⅚`	`⅚`	`\215A`
One eight	⅛	`&frac18;`	`⅛`	`⅛`	`\215B`
Three eights	⅜	`&frac38;`	`⅜`	`⅜`	`\215C`
Five eights	⅝	`&frac58;`	`⅝`	`⅝`	`\215D`
Seven eights	⅞	`&frac78;`	`⅝`	`⅞`	`\215E`
Fraction slash	⁄	`&frasl;`	`⁄`	`⁄`	`\2044`
Percent	%	`&percnt;`	`%`	`%`	`\0025`
Per mille	‰	`&permil;`	``	``	`\0089`
Per ten thousand	‱	`&pertenk;`	`‱`	`‱`	`\2031`
Irregular:
One seventh	⅐	-	`⅐`	`⅐`	`\2150`
One ninth	⅑	-	`⅑`	`⅑`	`\2151`
One tenth	⅒	-	`⅒`	`⅒`	`\2152`
Using the fraction slash:
2⁄7		`2&frasl;7`
3⁄100		`3&frasl;100`
1⁄1000000		`1&frasl;1000000`
^x⁄8		`<sup>x</sup>&frasl;8`
¹⁄_x		`<sup>1</sup>&frasl;<sub>x</sub>`
^x⁄_y		`<sup>x</sup>&frasl;<sub>y</sub>`

Description	Sign	HTML entity	Decimal	Hex code	CSS code
Left arrow	←	`←`	`←`	`←`	`\2190`
Right arrow	→	`→`	`→`	`→`	`\2192`
Left-right arrow	↔	`↔`	`↔`	`↔`	`\2194`
Up arrow	↑	`↑`	`↑`	`↑`	`\2191`
Down arrow	↓	`↓`	`↓`	`↓`	`\2193`
Up-down arrow	↕	`&varr;`	`↕`	`↕`	`\2195`
Long left arrow	⟵	`&xlarr;`	`⟵`	`⟵`	`\27F5`
Long right arrow	⟶	`&xrarr;`	`⟶`	`⟶`	`\27F6`
North west arrow	↖	`&nwarr;`	`↖`	`↖`	`\2196`
North east arrow	↗	`&nearr;`	`↗`	`↗`	`\2197`
South east arrow	↘	`&searr;`	`↘`	`↘`	`\2198`
South west arrow	↙	`&swarr;`	`↙`	`↙`	`\2199`
Down arrow tip right	↳	`&rdsh;`	`↳`	`↳`	`\21B3`
Right white arrow	⇨	-	`⇨`	`⇨`	`\21e8`

Template	Syntax	Output	HTML alternative	Availability
Magic word	`{{!}}`	`\|`	`\|`	MW v.1.24
Magic word	`{{=}}`	`=`	`=`	MW v.1.39
!(	`{{!(}}`	`[`	`[`	installed
)!	`{{)!}}`	`]`	`]`	installed
!((	`{{!((}}`	`[[`	`[[`	installed
))!	`{{))!}}`	`]]`	`]]`	installed
((	`{{((}}`	`{{`	`{{`	installed
))	`{{))}}`	`}}`	`}}`	installed
(((	`{{(((}}`	`{{{`	`{{{`	installed
)))	`{{)))}}`	`}}}`	`}}}`	installed
(!	`{{(!}}`	`{\|`	`{\|`	installed
!)	`{{!)}}`	`\|}`	`\|}`	installed
!-	`{{!-}}`	`\|-`	`\|-`	installed
!!	`{{!!}}`	`\|\|`	`\|\|`	installed

Append these codes to any page's URL.

Disable user CSS	`?useusercss=0`
Disable user JS	`?useuserjs=0`
Disable site CSS	`?usesitecss=0`
Disable site JS	`?usesitejs=0`
Disable all	`?safemode=1`
Desktop view	`?useskin=fandomdesktop`
Mobile view	`?useskin=fandommobile`
Bypass cache	`?debug=1`
Display pageinfo	`?action=info`
Edit page	`?action=edit`
Show original image (original file-format)	`?format=original` forces the original file-format (also for discussion images)

Note: For some of the websites below, there are link templates which should preferably be used.; See Interwiki link-templates below.

Page	Syntax	Link
Community Central:	`[[w:pagename]]`	community.fandom.com
Other Fandom wikis:	`[[w:c:wikiname]]` `[[w:c:wikiname:pagename]]`	<wikiname>.fandom.com
MediaWiki:	`[[mw:]]`	www.mediawiki.org
WikiMedia Commons	`[[commons:]]`	commons.wikimedia.org
WikiMedia Meta	`[[m:]]`	meta.wikimedia.org
Wikimedia:	`[[wikimedia:]]`	wikimediafoundation.org
Wikipedia:	`[[wp:]]` `[[wikipedia:]]`	en.wikipedia.org
Wiktionary:	`[[wiktionary:]]`	en.wiktionary.org
Wikiquote:	`[[wikiquote:]]`	en.wikiquote.org
More:
Interwiki help page (CC):		Interwiki links
Interwiki map (Full list / CC):		Interwiki map

{{wpl}}	Wikipedia links (inline)	W
{{mwl}}	MediaWiki links	MW
{{wmcl}}	WikiMedia Commons links	WMC
{{fhl}}	Fandom CC help links	FH
{{devl}}	Fandom developers wiki links	dev
{{fwl}}	Fandom wiki links	F / CC