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code Summary

The code element specifies a fragment of computer code.

Overview Table

DOM Interface: HTMLElement

Content within a code element is used to indicate a selection of text that is computer programming code, for instance:

Filename
Element name
Function call
Database query
Input prompt

Or any string that a computer will parse.

Examples

This is a simple example of the code element to display a CSS snippet.

<p>Now let’s set the color to red: <code>color: #f00;</code>.</p>

This is another take on the example above, but includes a class to indicate the type of code being written.

<p>Now let’s set the color to red:
<code class="language-css">color: #f00;</code>.</p>

Usage

 The code element is a phrasing-level element used to indicate a selection of code. It must not contain block-level elements, but it may contain other phrasing-level elements.

Often, authors will use a class attribute to indicate the language being used in the code element (see Example 2).

Notes

While the code element is often visually-presented in a monospace font like the pre element, unlike pre white space (spaces, tabs, etc.) inside a code element is **not preserved**.

When representing HTML code within a code element, remember to encode the reserved characters < and > with their HTML entity equivalents (< and >, respectively).

Related specifications

HTML 5.1: W3C Working Draft
HTML 5: W3C Recommendation
HTML 4.01: W3C Recommendation