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Posted by David Collins
David Collins
Courses Plus Student 2,598 Points

The <code> tag

In my note, they say this, about the code tag The <code> tag is a phrase tag. It defines a piece of computer code. I understand what a phrase is. I wrote this out in my text editor like this I use the code tag and the paragraph tag 

<code> Hello World!</code>
       <p> Hello World!</p>

Basically they both comes out the same, on my webpage My question is, what do they mean when they say its a piece of computer code and what is its purpose? a piece of computer code dose it look like this (1010101010) I'm not sure

2 Answers

Craig Watson
Craig Watson
27,930 Points

Hi David,

The "code" tag should be used when on your website you require the ability to post a code snippet for example. The browser will interpret this tag and execute the code within it as raw text. To see this tag in work you would need to but some HTML tags within it like below:

<code>

  <div>
    <p>
      Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
    </p>
    <span>
      This should all have a default code looking font not so appealing on the eye!
    </span>
  </div>

</code>

When this is interpreted by the browser it will not execute the code within the code tag, it will simply display the code all as text on the screen...

Hope this makes scene and helps you!

Craig

David Collins
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David Collins
Courses Plus Student 2,598 Points
David Collins
David Collins
Courses Plus Student 2,598 Points

Thank you Craig I was confused about that. Yes it help me thank you again