The <code> element defines programming code:
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<code>
var person = { firstName:"John", lastName:"Doe", age:50, eyeColor:"blue" } </code> |
var person = { firstName:"John", lastName:"Doe", age:50, eyeColor:"blue" }
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<p style="color:blue">The CODE element does <strong>not</strong> preserve extra <strong>whitespace</strong> and <strong>line-breaks</strong>!</p>
<code> var person = { firstName:"John", lastName:"Doe", age:50, eyeColor:"blue" } </code> |
The CODE element does not preserve extra whitespace and line-breaks!
var person = {
firstName:"John",
lastName:"Doe",
age:50,
eyeColor:"blue"
}
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<p style="color:blue">BUGGER!! To fix this, wrap the code in a PRE element:</p>
<code> <pre> var person = { firstName:"John", lastName:"Doe", age:50, eyeColor:"blue" } </pre> </code> |
BUGGER!! To fix this, wrap the code in a PRE element:
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