HTML For Computer Code

The HTML  element defines a piece of programming code:

Example

<code>
var x = 5;
var y = 6;
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x + y;
</code>

Result:

var x = 5; var y = 6; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x + y;

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Notice that the element does not preserve extra whitespace and line-breaks.

To fix this, you can put the element inside a 

 element:

Example

<pre>
<code>
var x = 5;
var y = 6;
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x + y;
</code>
</pre>

Result:

var x = 5;
var y = 6;
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x + y;

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