# Option: entities

This option contains a comma separated list of entity names that is used instead of characters. Odd items are the character code and even items are the name of the character code. The default value of this option is placed in the example below.

### Example of usage of the entities option / default value:

    tinyMCE.init({
        ...
        entities : "160,nbsp,38,amp,34,quot,162,cent,8364,euro,163,pound,165,yen,169,copy,174,reg,8482,trade,8240,permil,181,micro,183,middot,8226,bull,8230,hellip,8242,prime,8243,Prime,167,sect,182,para,223,szlig,8249,lsaquo,8250,rsaquo,171,laquo,187,raquo,8216,lsquo,8217,rsquo,8220,ldquo,8221,rdquo,8218,sbquo,8222,bdquo,60,lt,62,gt,8804,le,8805,ge,8211,ndash,8212,mdash,175,macr,8254,oline,164,curren,166,brvbar,168,uml,161,iexcl,191,iquest,710,circ,732,tilde,176,deg,8722,minus,177,plusmn,247,divide,8260,frasl,215,times,185,sup1,178,sup2,179,sup3,188,frac14,189,frac12,190,frac34,402,fnof,8747,int,8721,sum,8734,infin,8730,radic,8764,sim,8773,cong,8776,asymp,8800,ne,8801,equiv,8712,isin,8713,notin,8715,ni,8719,prod,8743,and,8744,or,172,not,8745,cap,8746,cup,8706,part,8704,forall,8707,exist,8709,empty,8711,nabla,8727,lowast,8733,prop,8736,ang,180,acute,184,cedil,170,ordf,186,ordm,8224,dagger,8225,Dagger,192,Agrave,194,Acirc,195,Atilde,196,Auml,197,Aring,198,AElig,199,Ccedil,200,Egrave,202,Ecirc,203,Euml,204,Igrave,206,Icirc,207,Iuml,208,ETH,209,Ntilde,210,Ograve,212,Ocirc,213,Otilde,214,Ouml,216,Oslash,338,OElig,217,Ugrave,219,Ucirc,220,Uuml,376,Yuml,222,THORN,224,agrave,226,acirc,227,atilde,228,auml,229,aring,230,aelig,231,ccedil,232,egrave,234,ecirc,235,euml,236,igrave,238,icirc,239,iuml,240,eth,241,ntilde,242,ograve,244,ocirc,245,otilde,246,ouml,248,oslash,339,oelig,249,ugrave,251,ucirc,252,uuml,254,thorn,255,yuml,914,Beta,915,Gamma,916,Delta,917,Epsilon,918,Zeta,919,Eta,920,Theta,921,Iota,922,Kappa,923,Lambda,924,Mu,925,Nu,926,Xi,927,Omicron,928,Pi,929,Rho,931,Sigma,932,Tau,933,Upsilon,934,Phi,935,Chi,936,Psi,937,Omega,945,alpha,946,beta,947,gamma,948,delta,949,epsilon,950,zeta,951,eta,952,theta,953,iota,954,kappa,955,lambda,956,mu,957,nu,958,xi,959,omicron,960,pi,961,rho,962,sigmaf,963,sigma,964,tau,965,upsilon,966,phi,967,chi,968,psi,969,omega,8501,alefsym,982,piv,8476,real,977,thetasym,978,upsih,8472,weierp,8465,image,8592,larr,8593,uarr,8594,rarr,8595,darr,8596,harr,8629,crarr,8656,lArr,8657,uArr,8658,rArr,8659,dArr,8660,hArr,8756,there4,8834,sub,8835,sup,8836,nsub,8838,sube,8839,supe,8853,oplus,8855,otimes,8869,perp,8901,sdot,8968,lceil,8969,rceil,8970,lfloor,8971,rfloor,9001,lang,9002,rang,9674,loz,9824,spades,9827,clubs,9829,hearts,9830,diams,8194,ensp,8195,emsp,8201,thinsp,8204,zwnj,8205,zwj,8206,lrm,8207,rlm,173,shy,233,eacute,237,iacute,243,oacute,250,uacute,193,Aacute,225,aacute,201,Eacute,205,Iacute,211,Oacute,218,Uacute,221,Yacute,253,yacute"
    });