Datatables pagination characters “<<” and “<” not displaying correctly in IE and Safari

Question

I'm using the DataTables jQuery plugin and am having issues with the First and Previous pagination links displaying correctly in IE and Safari (Firefox and Opera work).

"<<" and "<" display as "<" and "".

$(document).ready(function () {
     oTable = $('#fileList').dataTable({
            "bJQueryUI": true,
            "sPaginationType": "full_numbers",
            "oLanguage": 
            {
                "sSearch": "Search all columns:",
                "oPaginate": 
                {
                    "sNext": '>',
                    "sLast": '>>',
                    "sFirst": '<<',
                    "sPrevious": '<'
                }
            }
});

I have attempted to escape '\<\<' to no avail.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Use the character entity references < and > for < and >respectively.

You might also want to know about & too which is used to display &.

Answer 2

These are the correct character entities to use in your case.

For < and > use < and >

For << and >> use « and »