HTML - <code> Tag

The HTML <code> tag is used to define a piece of computer code. Or, in other words, we can say that the <code> tag is used to insert variables, fragments of program code, etc. into an HTML document. By default, in the browser, the content text is displayed using the default monospace font.

HTML provides many methods for text formatting, but the <code> tag is displayed with fixed letter size, font, and spacing.

The <code> tag by itself only represents a single phrase of code or line of code. To represent multiple lines of code, wrap the <code> tag within a <pre> tag.

Syntax

Following is the syntax of <code> tag −

<code>...</code>

Example

In the following example, let’s see the Usage of <code> tag in the HTML document, as follows −

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
   <h2>Example of code element</h2>
   <p> The function <code>selectAll()</code> highlights all the text in the input field so the user can, for example, copy or delete the text. </p>
</body>
</html>

When we run the above code, it will generate an output consisting of the text displayed on the webpage.

Example

Considering the following example, we are creating an HTML document and using the <code> tag to display the one-line CPP program, as follows −

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
   <h2>Declaring variables </h2>
   <code>int a, b, c; a = 20, b = 30, c = 40;</code>
</body>
</html>

On running the above code, the output window will pop up displaying the variable declaration on the webpage.

Example

Let's look at the following example, where we are creating an HTML document using the <code> tag and CSS properties to style the content of the <code> tag as follows −

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
   <style>
      code {
      color: red;
      font-family: verdana;
      }
   </style>
</head>
<body>
   <h2>Example of code element</h2>
   <p> The function <code>selectAll()</code> highlights all the text in the input field so the user can, for example, copy or delete the text. </p>
</body>
</html>

When we run the above code, it will generate an output consisting of the text along with a CSS applied to it displayed on the webpage.

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