HTML pre tag

The HTML <pre> tag is used to specify pre formatted texts. Texts within <pre>.......</pre> tag is displayed in a fixed-width font. Usually it is displayed in Courier font. It maintains both space and line break.

It is widely used to display language examples e.g. Java, C#, C, C++ etc because it displays the code as it is typed.

HTML pre tag example

<pre>  
This is a formatted text   
by using the HTML pre tag. It maintains  
    both space and line break.  
</pre> 

Output

This is a formatted text   
by using the HTML pre tag. It maintains  
    both space and line break.  

HTML pre tag example: Java code within pre

<pre>  
package com.easytolearning;  
public class MyJava{  
public static void main(String args[]){  
System.out.println("hello java");  
}  
}  
</pre>

Output

package com.easytolearning;  
public class MyJava{  
public static void main(String args[]){  
System.out.println("hello java");  
}  
} 

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