pi symbol

[Arielladog]

is there a code for the pi symbol. I can do it with this code:

<span style='font-size:24.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol'>p</span>

but I M not sure if everoen can se it b/c not really sure if it reallies on fonts or not, so I would prefer using a special character code, but I don't know one for it...

[John Pollock]

&pi; worked for m in IE5-

Not sure on other browsers yet, or what the number code might be to make it more universal. The reference I had handy shows like everything under the sun but pi. :(

&not; &para; &divide; &iquest; ...

[Vincent Puglia]

Hi,

the &para; is what came to my mind first (it looks enough like pi for it to be construed as such within the proper context.
evidently, the w3org committee (in the HTML 4.0 standard) recommends:

&Pi; -- capital letter pi
&pi; -- small letter pi
&piv; -- the pi symbol

which means the recommendation may not necessarily have been followed.

Vinny

[Edited by Vincent Puglia on 06-30-2000 at 02:53 PM]

[gzazJim]

John & Arielladog,

I'm pretty sure &pi; should work, as it's part of the HTML4 specification. You can also try π

I got the code out of Sybex's "HTML Complete" book - $17.95 at CompUSA - for 1000+ pages. It's been one of the best references I have.

Good luck,

Jim

[Arielladog]

I had tried that already, but it didn't work...I must have made a typing error (which you can see by my posts isn't that uncommon). Thanx for all the help. I will just use &pi; ... it looks the best

Thanx :)