February 17Feb 17 Administrators HTML Computer Code Elements HTML contains several elements for defining user input and computer code. Example <code>x = 5;y = 6; z = x + y;</code> HTML <kbd> For Keyboard Input The HTML <kbd> element is used to define keyboard input. The content inside is displayed in the browser's default monospace font. Example Define some text as keyboard input in a document: <p>Save the document by pressing <kbd>Ctrl + S</kbd></p> Result: Save the document by pressing Ctrl + S HTML <samp> For Program Output The HTML <samp> element is used to define sample output from a computer program. The content inside is displayed in the browser's default monospace font. Example Define some text as sample output from a computer program in a document: <p>Message from my computer:</p><p><samp>File not found.<br>Press F1 to continue</samp></p> Result: Message from my computer: File not found.Press F1 to continue HTML <code> For Computer Code The HTML <code> element is used to define a piece of computer code. The content inside is displayed in the browser's default monospace font. Example Define some text as computer code in a document: <code>x = 5;y = 6;z = x + y;</code> Result: x = 5; y = 6; z = x + y; Preserve Line-Breaks Notice that the <code> element does NOT preserve extra whitespace and line-breaks. To preserve extra whitespace and line-breaks, you can put the <code> element inside a <pre> element: Example <pre><code>x = 5;y = 6;z = x + y;</code></pre> Result: x = 5; y = 6; z = x + y; HTML <var> For Variables The HTML <var> element is used to define a variable in programming or in a mathematical expression. The content inside is typically displayed in italic. Example Define some text as variables in a document: <p>The area of a triangle is: 1/2 x <var>b</var> x <var>h</var>, where <var>b</var> is the base, and <var>h</var> is the vertical height.</p> Result: The area of a triangle is: 1/2 x b x h, where b is the base, and h is the vertical height. Chapter Summary The <kbd> element defines keyboard input The <samp> element defines sample output from a computer program The <code> element defines a piece of computer code The <var> element defines a variable in programming or in a mathematical expression The <pre> element defines preformatted text HTML Computer Code Elements Tag Description <code> Defines programming code <kbd> Defines keyboard input <samp> Defines computer output <var> Defines a variable <pre> Defines preformatted text For a complete list of all available HTML tags, visit our HTML Tag Reference.
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