En Dash HTML entity –

– is the HTML entity for En Dash – (U+2013). Copy the decimal – and hex – codes plus CSS, JavaScript, Python and URL escapes.

Entity: –
Code point: U+2013
Unicode name: EN DASH
Block: General Punctuation
Category: Dash punctuation (Pd)
Since: Unicode 1.1
Defined in: HTML 4.01 and HTML5

Codes to copy

HTML named	`–`Works in HTML; in XML only & < > " ' are predefined.
HTML decimal	`–`Works in HTML and XML.
HTML hex	`–`Works in HTML and XML.
CSS	`content: "\2013";`In a stylesheet, for ::before and ::after.
JavaScript	`"\u2013"`Also valid in JSON.
Python	`"\u2013"`Python 3 string literal.
Python by name	`"\N{EN DASH}"`Readable alternative using the Unicode name.
URL	`%E2%80%93`Percent-encoded UTF-8 bytes, for a path or query value.
UTF-8 bytes	`E2 80 93`3 bytes.
UTF-16	`2013`1 code unit, which is what JavaScript length counts.

When to use it

The en dash, half the width of an em dash, is used for ranges (pages 10–20, 9 am–5 pm) and for connections such as a London–Paris train. In British style a spaced en dash also sets off a phrase. It is longer than the keyboard hyphen.

The name dates from HTML 4, so it works in every browser and in old email clients.

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Source: the WHATWG HTML Standard list of named character references and the Unicode Character Database (Unicode 18.0).