I should point out to you fine FreeQs that every user posting from an iPhone, iPad, or a Mac computer have both the endash and emdash available to them on the keyboard of all three devices by keystrokes. . . as well as regular hyphens.
-, –, —. All entered from my iPad Pro keyboard without entering any special HTML or ASCII codes. There are 223 ASCII estandard characters accessible from the iPhone/iPad virtual keyboard merely by holding a key after touching it, or doing the same with a modifier key. The same is true on a Mac keyboard, which can present the user with a numbered list of alternate characters including accented and foreign language versions of a character or symbol. Once the list is display, merely press the number of the character you wish to choose.
For example, for the letter “e” one can select e, ė, ę, ē, ê, è, é, or ë, and of course in upper case Ė, Ę, Ē, Ê, È, É, and Ë. I did not have to look up any ASCII tables or esoteric codes to enter those characters. It makes creating very complex, unbreakable passwords very easy.
On the IPhone or iPad, to get the emdash, which is what one should properly use instead of a hyphen to separate thoughts, from the numeric keyboard, press and hold the hyphen key. . . then slide your finger past the bullet (•) and the endash (–) choices to the emdash (—) selection and release. Voilá. An —.
Thanks for the Apple insight, Swordmaker. I've only recently been using an iPad for some daily uses and will give those key paths you outlined a try.
Like, Dudë, thanks!