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5,656 PointsWhite space?
CS student here, wanting to learn HTML.
How do browsers handle white space in HTML? I know C++ compilers don't care and that in Python white space matters. How about HTML?
3 Answers
Logan R
22,989 PointsIt can depend. If there is white space in between < and >, it shouldn't matter, but it can make it harder to read. In between words, if you double space, triple space, etc, it will just remove all but one space.
The only thing you have to watch out for is white space in between commands and commands/words. It can sometimes mess up the padding and so forth.
Hope this makes sense :)
James Barnett
39,199 Pointsn most cases whitespace is ignored in HTML with a few edge cases. HTML isn't exactly a programming language for instance there is no such thing as an error in HTML, it will just parse it as best it can.
If you have a specific question post your code we should be able to give you a more specific answer.
Python is somewhat unusual among major programming languages in it's semantically significant whitespace.
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5,656 PointsThank you both for your replies. I guess I just need to get used to what HTML code looks like. :-)