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Doitsu · 12-27-2022, 01:37 AM

Hopefully, the following examples, will help you better understand your problem:

Code:

<p>Johnson & Johnson</p>

will cause error messages, because an ampersand is a special character in html files.

An ampersand on its own needs to be written as &

Code:

<p>Johnson &amp; Johnson</p>

You most likely ended up with this:

Code:

<p>Johnson &amp;amp; Johnson</p>

This is valid, but most likely not what you wanted, because it'll be rendered as:

Code:

Johnson &amp; Johnson

To fix this, simply search for & followed by amp; and replace it with a regular ampersand.

12-27-2022, 01:37 AM	#3
Doitsu Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,739 Karma: 24031403 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle PW2	Hopefully, the following examples, will help you better understand your problem: Code: <p>Johnson & Johnson</p> will cause error messages, because an ampersand is a special character in html files. An ampersand on its own needs to be written as & Code: <p>Johnson & Johnson</p> You most likely ended up with this: Code: <p>Johnson &amp; Johnson</p> This is valid, but most likely not what you wanted, because it'll be rendered as: Code: Johnson & Johnson To fix this, simply search for & followed by amp; and replace it with a regular ampersand.