Question

I saw this table :

when I program Asp.net and want to display these special html entities , I use Entity Name.

(but both seems to work)

question :

in what scenarios should I use entity number ( and not entity name ) ?

p.s. Ive seen situation in which asp.net doesnt like Entity Number

Answer 1

There is not clear guidance as to when one should use a numeric character reference (say £) over a character entity reference (say £) or vice versa.

So long as a character entity reference is a defined one (you can define your own), you can use it.

The converse is that if it isn’t defined, you should use a numeric character reference.