CODE EXAMPLE FOR CSS

how to insert icons pseudo content

<div class="css">hard coded css content</div>
<div class="css char">hard coded css content char</div>
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<div class="data red" data-icon="†">hard coded data-icon</div>
<div class="data blue" data-icon="†">hard coded data-icon char</div>
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<div class="js red">data-icon by js</div>
<div class="js blue">data-icon by js char</div>