i thought i would post the VB CODES for symbols that are hard to find (after trying to find the PI symbol for HU) anyway its here if anyone wants to use it, i thought it may add a bit of animation to be peoples posts..
(btw, just take out the spaces between the numbers to use the code, and i skipped a few out :P)

³ & # 1 7 9 ; superscript three
´ & # 1 8 0 ; acute accent
µ & # 1 8 1 ; micro sign
¶ & # 1 8 2 ; pilcrow sign = paragraph sign
· & # 1 8 3 ; middle dot
¸ & # 1 8 4 ; cedilla
¹ & # 1 8 5 ; superscript one
º & # 1 8 6 ; masculine ordinal indicator
» & # 1 8 7 ; right pointing double angle quotation mark
¼ & # 1 8 8 ; vulgar fraction one quarter
½ & # 1 8 9 ; vulgar fraction one half
¾ & # 1 9 0 ; vulgar fraction three quarters
¿ & # 1 9 1 ; inverted question mark
À & # 1 9 2 ; latin capital letter A with grave
Á & # 1 9 3 ; latin capital letter A with acute
 & # 1 9 4 ; latin capital letter A with circumflex
à & # 1 9 5 ; latin capital letter A with tilde
Ä & # 1 9 6 ; latin capital letter A with diaeresis
Å & # 1 9 7 ; latin capital letter A with ring above
ï & # 2 3 9 ; latin small letter i with diaeresis

general punctuation
• & # 8 2 2 6 ; bullet = black small circle
… & # 8 2 3 0 ; horizontal ellipsis
′ & # 8 2 4 2 ; prime
″ & # 8 2 4 3 ; double prime
‾ & # 8 2 5 4 ; overline
⁄ & # 8 2 6 0 ; fraction slash

Character entity references for symbols, mathematical symbols, and Greek letters
Α & # 9 1 3 ; greek capital letter alpha
Β & # 9 1 4 ; greek capital letter beta
Γ & # 9 1 5 ; greek capital letter gamma
Δ & # 9 1 6 ; greek capital letter delta
Ε & # 9 1 7 ; greek capital letter epsilon
Ζ & # 9 1 8 ; greek capital letter zeta
Η & # 9 1 9 ; greek capital letter eta
Θ & # 9 2 0 ; greek capital letter theta
Ι & # 9 2 1 ; greek capital letter iota
Κ & # 9 2 2 ; greek capital letter kappa
Λ & # 9 2 3 ; greek capital letter lambda
Μ & # 9 2 4 ; greek capital letter mu
Ν & # 9 2 5 ; greek capital letter nu
Ξ & # 9 2 6 ; greek capital letter xi
Ο & # 9 2 7 ; greek capital letter omicron

arrows
← & # 8 5 9 2 ; leftwards arrow
↑ & # 8 5 9 3 ; upwards arrow
→ & # 8 5 9 4 ; rightwards arrow
↓ & # 8 5 9 5 ; downwards arrow
↔ & # 8 5 9 6 ; left right arrow
↵ & # 8 6 2 9 ; downwards arrow with corner leftwards
⇐ & # 8 6 5 6 ; leftwards double arrow
⇑ & # 8 6 5 7 ; upwards double arrow
⇒ & # 8 6 5 8 ; rightwards double arrow
⇓ & # 8 6 5 9 ; downwards double arrow
⇔ & # 8 6 6 0 ; left right double arrow

Miscellaneous Symbols
♠ & # 9 8 2 4 ; black spade suit
♣ & # 9 8 2 7 ; black club suit
♥ & # 9 8 2 9 ; black heart suit
♦ & # 9 8 3 0 ; black diamond suit

thats all i can be bothered to do at the moment *apoligies if some dont work*

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where did you find all of those?

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i study IPT in school. when i relized that this site doesnt accept HMTL codes but Visual Basik codes, i just dug out one of my old textbooks and put them up here.

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Thankyou Stalin6025, this is great stuff. I'm going to sticky it now.

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wow, my post made it to a sticky

i know that the first list was hard to read, so i put it in table format, and attached it (hope it works, tell me if it doesnt) i also added all the symbols that can be used. enjoy!

the list of characters:

& # 1 6 0 ;   non-breaking space
& # 1 6 1 ; ¡ inverted exclamation mark
& # 1 6 2 ; ¢ cent sign
& # 1 6 3 ; £ pound sign
& # 1 6 4 ; ¤ currency sign
& # 1 6 5 ; ¥ yen sign
& # 1 6 6 ; ¦ broken vertical bar
& # 1 6 7 ; § section sign
& # 1 6 8 ; ¨ diaeresis
& # 1 6 9 ; © copyright sign
& # 1 7 0 ; ª feminine ordinal indicator
& # 1 7 1 ; « left-pointing double angle
quotation mark

& # 1 7 2 ; ¬ not sign
& # 1 7 3 ; ­ soft hyphen
& # 1 7 4 ; ® registered sign
& # 1 7 5 ; ¯ macron
& # 1 7 6 ; ° degree sign
& # 1 7 7 ; ± plus-minus sign
& # 1 7 8 ; ² superscript two
& # 1 7 9 ; ³ superscript three
& # 1 8 0 ; ´ acute accent
& # 1 8 1 ; µ micro sign
& # 1 8 2 ; ¶ pilcrow sign = paragraph sign
& # 1 8 3 ; · middle dot
& # 1 8 4 ; ¸ cedilla
& # 1 8 5 ; ¹ superscript one
& # 1 8 6 ; º masculine ordinal indicator
& # 1 8 7 ; » right-pointing double angle quotation mark

& # 1 8 8 ; ¼ vulgar fraction one quarter
& # 1 8 9 ; ½ vulgar fraction one half
& # 1 9 0 ; ¾ vulgar fraction three quarters
& # 1 9 1 ; ¿ inverted question mark
& # 1 9 2 ; À latin capital letter A with grave
& # 1 9 3 ; Á latin capital letter A with acute
& # 1 9 4 ; Â latin capital letter A with circumflex
& # 1 9 5 ; Ã latin capital letter A with tilde
& # 1 9 6 ; Ä latin capital letter A with diaeresis
& # 1 9 7 ; Å latin capital letter A with ring above
& # 1 9 8 ; Æ latin capital letter AE
& # 1 9 9 ; Ç latin capital letter C with cedilla
& # 2 0 0 ; È latin capital letter E with grave
& # 2 0 1 ; É latin capital letter E with acute
& # 2 0 2 ; Ê latin capital letter E with circumflex
& # 2 0 3 ; Ë latin capital letter E with diaeresis
& # 2 0 4 ; Ì latin capital letter I with grave
& # 2 0 5 ; Í latin capital letter I with acute
& # 2 0 6 ; Î latin capital letter I with circumflex
& # 2 0 7 ; Ï latin capital letter I with diaeresis
& # 2 0 8 ; Ð latin capital letter ETH
& # 2 0 9 ; Ñ latin capital letter N with tilde
& # 2 1 0 ; Ò latin capital letter O with grave
& # 2 1 1 ; Ó latin capital letter O with acute
& # 2 1 2 ; Ô latin capital letter O with circumflex
& # 2 1 3 ; Õ latin capital letter O with tilde
& # 2 1 4 ; Ö latin capital letter O with diaeresis
& # 2 1 5 ; × multiplication sign
& # 2 1 6 ; Ø latin capital letter O with stroke
& # 2 1 7 ; Ù latin capital letter U with grave
& # 2 1 8 ; Ú latin capital letter U with acute
& # 2 1 9 ; Û latin capital letter U with circumflex
& # 2 2 0 ; Ü latin capital letter U with diaeresis
& # 2 2 1 ; Ý latin capital letter Y with acute
& # 2 2 2 ; Þ latin capital letter THORN
& # 2 2 3 ; ß latin small letter sharp s
& # 2 2 4 ; à latin small letter a with grave
& # 2 2 5 ; á latin small letter a with acute
& # 2 2 6 ; â latin small letter a with circumflex
& # 2 2 7 ; ã latin small letter a with tilde
& # 2 2 8 ; ä latin small letter a with diaeresis
& # 2 2 9 ; å latin small letter a with ring above
& # 2 3 0 ; æ latin small letter ae
& # 2 3 1 ; ç latin small letter c with cedilla
& # 2 3 2 ; è latin small letter e with grave
& # 2 3 3 ; é latin small letter e with acute
& # 2 3 4 ; ê latin small letter e with circumflex
& # 2 3 5 ; ë latin small letter e with diaeresis
& # 2 3 6 ; ì latin small letter i with grave
& # 2 3 7 ; í latin small letter i with acute
& # 2 3 8 ; î latin small letter i with circumflex
& # 2 3 9 ; &#2 39; latin small letter i with diaeresis
& # 2 4 0 ; ð latin small letter eth
& # 2 4 1 ; ñ latin small letter n with tilde
& # 2 4 2 ; ò latin small letter o with grave
& # 2 4 3 ; ó latin small letter o with acute
& # 2 4 4 ; ô latin small letter o with circumflex
& # 2 4 5 ; õ latin small letter o with tilde
& # 2 4 6 ; ö latin small letter o with diaeresis
& # 2 4 7 ; ÷ division sign
& # 2 4 8 ; ø latin small letter o with stroke
& # 2 4 9 ; ù latin small letter u with grave
& # 2 5 0 ; ú latin small letter u with acute
& # 2 5 1 ; û latin small letter u with circumflex
& # 2 5 2 ; ü latin small letter u with diaeresis
& # 2 5 3 ; ý latin small letter y with acute
& # 2 5 4 ; þ latin small letter thorn
& # 2 5 5 ; ÿ latin small letter y with diaeresis

General Punctuation
& # 8 2 2 6 ; • bullet = black small circle
& # 8 2 3 0 ; … horizontal ellipsis
& # 8 2 4 2 ; ′ prime
& # 8 2 4 3 ; ″ double prime
& # 8 2 5 4 ; ‾ overline
& # 8 2 6 0 ; ⁄ fraction slash

Character entity references for symbols, mathematical symbols, and Greek letters

& # 9 1 3 ; Α greek capital letter alpha
& # 9 1 4 ; Β greek capital letter beta
& # 9 1 5 ; Γ greek capital letter gamma
& # 9 1 6 ; Δ greek capital letter delta
& # 9 1 7 ; Ε greek capital letter epsilon
& # 9 1 8 ; Ζ greek capital letter zeta
& # 9 1 9 ; Η greek capital letter eta
& # 9 2 0 ; Θ greek capital letter theta
& # 9 2 1 ; Ι greek capital letter iota
& # 9 2 2 ; Κ greek capital letter kappa
& # 9 2 3 ; Λ greek capital letter lambda
& # 9 2 4 ; Μ greek capital letter mu
& # 9 2 5 ; Ν greek capital letter nu
& # 9 2 6 ; Ξ greek capital letter xi
& # 9 2 7 ; Ο greek capital letter omicron
& # 9 2 8 ; Π greek capital letter pi
& # 9 2 9 ; Ρ greek capital letter rho
& # 9 3 1 ; Σ greek capital letter sigma
& # 9 3 2 ; Τ greek capital letter tau
& # 9 3 3 ; Υ greek capital letter upsilon
& # 9 3 4 ; Φ greek capital letter phi
& # 9 3 5 ; Χ greek capital letter chi
& # 9 3 6 ; Ψ greek capital letter psi
& # 9 3 7 ; Ω greek capital letter omega
& # 9 4 5 ; α greek small letter alpha
& # 9 4 6 ; β greek small letter beta
& # 9 4 7 ; γ greek small letter gamma
& # 9 4 8 ; δ greek small letter delta
& # 9 4 9 ; ε greek small letter epsilon
& # 9 5 0 ; ζ greek small letter zeta
& # 9 5 1 ; η greek small letter eta
& # 9 5 2 ; θ greek small letter theta
& # 9 5 3 ; ι greek small letter iota
& # 9 5 4 ; κ greek small letter kappa
& # 9 5 5 ; λ greek small letter lambda
& # 9 5 6 ; μ greek small letter mu
& # 9 5 7 ; ν greek small letter nu
& # 9 5 8 ; ξ greek small letter xi
& # 9 5 9 ; ο greek small letter omicron
& # 9 6 0 ; π greek small letter pi
& # 9 6 1 ; ρ greek small letter rho
& # 9 6 2 ; ς greek small letter final sigma
& # 9 6 3 ; σ greek small letter sigma
& # 9 6 4 ; τ greek small letter tau
& # 9 6 5 ; υ greek small letter upsilon
& # 9 6 6 ; φ greek small letter phi
& # 9 6 7 ; χ greek small letter chi
& # 9 6 8 ; ψ greek small letter psi
& # 9 6 9 ; ω greek small letter omega
& # 9 7 7 ; ϑ greek small letter theta symbol
& # 9 7 8 ; ϒ greek upsilon with hook symbol
& # 9 8 2 ; ϖ greek pi symbol

Arrows
& # 8 5 9 2 ; ← leftwards arrow
& # 8 5 9 3 ; ↑ upwards arrow
& # 8 5 9 4 ; → rightwards arrow
& # 8 5 9 5 ; ↓ downwards arrow
& # 8 5 9 6 ; ↔ left right arrow
& # 8 6 2 9 ; ↵ downwards arrow with corner leftwards

& # 8 6 5 6 ; ⇐ leftwards double arrow
& # 8 6 5 7 ; ⇑ upwards double arrow
& # 8 6 5 8 ; ⇒ rightwards double arrow
& # 8 6 5 9 ; ⇓ downwards double arrow
& # 8 6 6 0 ; ⇔ left right double arrow

Letterlike Symbols
& # 8 4 7 2 ; ℘ script capital P
& # 8 4 6 5 ; ℑ blackletter capital I
& # 8 4 7 6 ; ℜ blackletter capital R
& # 8 4 8 2 ; ™ trade mark sign
& # 8 5 0 1 ; ℵ alef symbol

Mathematical Operators
& # 8 7 0 4 ; ∀ for all
& # 8 7 0 6 ; ∂ partial differential
& # 8 7 0 7 ; ∃ there exists
& # 8 7 0 9 ; ∅ empty set
& # 8 7 1 1 ; ∇ nabla
& # 8 7 1 2 ; ∈ element of
& # 8 7 1 3 ; ∉ not an element of
& # 8 7 1 5 ; ∋ contains as member
& # 8 7 1 9 ; ∏ n-ary product
& # 8 7 2 1 ; ∑ n-ary sumation
& # 8 7 2 2 ; − minus sign
& # 8 7 2 7 ; ∗ asterisk operator
& # 8 7 3 0 ; √ square root
& # 8 7 3 3 ; ∝ proportional to
& # 8 7 3 4 ; ∞ infinity
& # 8 7 3 6 ; ∠ angle
& # 8 7 4 3 ; ∧ logical and = wedge
& # 8 7 4 4 ; ∨ logical or = vee
& # 8 7 4 5 ; ∩ intersection = cap
& # 8 7 4 6 ; ∪ union = cup
& # 8 7 4 7 ; ∫ integral
& # 8 7 5 6 ; ∴ therefore
& # 8 7 6 4 ; ∼ tilde operator
& # 8 7 7 3 ; ≅ approximately equal to
& # 8 7 7 6 ; ≈ almost equal to
& # 8 8 0 0 ; ≠ not equal to
& # 8 8 0 1 ; ≡ identical to
& # 8 8 0 4 ; ≤ less-than or equal to
& # 8 8 0 5 ; ≥ greater-than or equal to
& # 8 8 3 4 ; ⊂ subset of
& # 8 8 3 5 ; ⊃ superset of
& # 8 8 3 6 ; ⊄ not a subset of
& # 8 8 3 8 ; ⊆ subset of or equal to
& # 8 8 3 9 ; ⊇ superset of or equal to
& # 8 8 5 3 ; ⊕ circled plus
& # 8 8 5 5 ; ⊗ circled times
& # 8 8 6 9 ; ⊥ up tack
& # 8 9 0 1 ; ⋅ dot operator

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Miscellaneous Technical
& # 8 9 6 8 ; ⌈ left ceiling
& # 8 9 6 9 ; ⌉ right ceiling
& # 8 9 7 0 ; ⌊ left floor
& # 8 9 7 1 ; ⌋ right floor
& # 9 0 0 1 ; 〈 left-pointing angle bracket
& # 9 0 0 2 ; 〉 right-pointing angle bracket

Geometric Shapes
& # 9 6 7 4 ; ◊ lozenge
Miscellaneous Symbols

& # 9 8 2 4 ; ♠ black spade suit
& # 9 8 2 7 ; ♣ black club suit
& # 9 8 2 9 ; ♥ black heart suit
& # 9 8 3 0 ; ♦ black diamond suit

C0 Controls and Basic Latin
& # 3 4 ; " quotation mark
& # 3 8 ; & ampersand
& # 6 0 ; < less-than sign
& # 6 2 ; > greater-than sign

Latin Extended-A
& # 3 3 8 ; Πlatin capital ligature OE
& # 3 3 9 ; œ latin small ligature oe
& # 3 5 2 ; Š latin capital letter S
& # 3 5 3 ; š latin small letter s with caron
& # 3 7 6 ; Ÿ latin capital letter Y with diaeresis

Spacing Modifier Letters
& # 7 1 0 ; ˆ modifier letter circumflex accent
& # 7 3 2 ; ˜ small tilde

General Punctuation
& # 8 1 9 4 ;   en space
& # 8 1 9 5 ;   em space
& # 8 2 0 1 ;   thin space
& # 8 2 0 4 ; ‌ zero width non-joiner
& # 8 2 0 5 ; ‍ zero width joiner
& # 8 2 0 6 ; ‎ left-to-right mark
& # 8 2 0 7 ; ‏ right-to-left mark
& # 8 2 1 1 ; – en dash
& # 8 2 1 2 ; — em dash
& # 8 2 1 6 ; ‘ left single quotation mark
& # 8 2 1 7 ; ’ right single quotation mark
& # 8 2 1 8 ; ‚ single low-9 quotation mark
& # 8 2 2 0 ; “ left double quotation mark
& # 8 2 2 1 ; ” right double quotation mark
& # 8 2 2 2 ; „ double low-9 quotation mark
& # 8 2 2 4 ; † dagger
& # 8 2 2 5 ; ‡ double dagger
& # 8 2 4 0 ; ‰ per mille sign
& # 8 2 4 9 ; ‹ single left-pointing angle quotation mark

& # 8 2 5 0 ; › single right-pointing angle quotation mark

& # 8 3 6 4 ; € euro sign


FINALLY! this took ages...

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Stalin6025, you have WAY too much time on your hands. Nevertheless, it is nice to see them listed. Thank you for making MM a better place to post ;)

HU

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Well done Stalin this is really cool, almost beyond words, but can we add the smilies to this, and also can we have smilies that we don't know about because i've seen different ones about, i don't know if it was here or in other forums though.

I keep trying to remember what smilies to use and i can't remember how to do some of them, i'm sure they are here somewhere though, maybe mr dreamhacker should use the search function.

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yeah thats a good idea eon..
ok heres a list of smilies that are compatable while using VB in a site.. there are only 8 here, there could be at least 17 BUT this site does not support animated GIFs/smilies, maybe its because of internet speed of some users? im not sure, but if anyone can, try and get animated GIFs to be allowed on this site?

:o = : o
= : (
= : )
= : mad :
= : D
:rolleyes: = : rolleyes :
= : p

***thanks HU

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