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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd">
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<title>PRE - Preformatted Text</title>
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<h1>PRE - Preformatted Text</h1>
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<th>Syntax</th>
<td><strong class=required><PRE></strong>...<strong class=required></PRE></strong></td>
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<th>Attribute Specifications</th>
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<ul>
<li class=transitional>WIDTH=<var><a href="../values.html#number">Number</a></var> (line width)</li>
<li><a href="../attrs.html">common attributes</a></li>
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<th>Contents</th>
<td><a href="../inline.html">Inline elements</a> except <a href="../special/img.html">IMG</a>, <a href="../special/object.html">OBJECT</a>, <span class=transitional><a href="../special/applet.html">APPLET</a>, </span><a href="../fontstyle/big.html">BIG</a>, <a href="../fontstyle/small.html">SMALL</a>, <a href="../special/sub.html">SUB</a>, <a href="../special/sup.html">SUP</a><span class=traditional>, <a href="../special/font.html">FONT</a>, <a href="../special/basefont.html">BASEFONT</a></span></td>
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<th>Contained in</th>
<td><span class=transitional><a href="../special/applet.html">APPLET</a>, </span><a href="blockquote.html">BLOCKQUOTE</a>, <a href="../html/body.html">BODY</a>, <a href="../forms/button.html">BUTTON</a>, <span class=transitional><a href="center.html">CENTER</a>, </span><a href="../lists/dd.html">DD</a>, <a href="../phrase/del.html">DEL</a>, <a href="div.html">DIV</a>, <a href="../forms/fieldset.html">FIELDSET</a>, <a href="../forms/form.html">FORM</a>, <span class=transitional><a href="../special/iframe.html">IFRAME</a>, </span><a href="../phrase/ins.html">INS</a>, <a href="../lists/li.html">LI</a>, <a href="../special/map.html">MAP</a>, <span class=transitional><a href="../frames/noframes.html">NOFRAMES</a>, </span><a href="noscript.html">NOSCRIPT</a>, <a href="../special/object.html">OBJECT</a>, <a href="../tables/td.html">TD</a>, <a href="../tables/th.html">TH</a></td>
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<p>The <strong class=html>PRE</strong> element contains <em>preformatted text</em>. Visual browsers should render preformatted text in a fixed-pitch font, should not collapse whitespace, and should not wrap long lines.</p>
<p><strong class=html>PRE</strong> is useful for formatting computer code or poetry where whitespace is important, but since preformatted text is inherently visual, authors should avoid dependence on it wherever possible. When using <strong class=html>PRE</strong>, authors should avoid altering the element's fixed-pitch font or non-collapsing whitespace properties by means of <a href="../../css/">style sheets</a>.</p>
<p>The following example features Java code in a <strong class=html>PRE</strong> element:</p>
<pre class=example><code class=html><PRE><CODE CLASS=Java>
class HelloWorld {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Hello World!");
}
}
</CODE></PRE></code></pre>
<p>The code in the preceding example would be more difficult to read if it were not preformatted, and so <strong class=html>PRE</strong> is used to provide the proper spacing. Note that the <strong class=html><a href="../phrase/code.html">CODE</a></strong> element is also included to add structural information.</p>
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<p>The <a href="../deprecated.html">deprecated</a> <strong class=html>WIDTH</strong> attribute of <strong class=html>PRE</strong> tells the browser the expected line length of the preformatted block so that a suitable font size or margin can be used. Browsers ignore this attribute in practice.</p>
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<p class=note>The <a href="../special/bdo.html#bidi">bidirectional algorithm</a> that determines the directionality of text still applies within the <strong class=html>PRE</strong> element.</p>
<h2>More Information</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/text.html#edef-PRE">PRE in <abbr class=initialism title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> HTML4.0 Recommendation</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html32#pre">PRE in <abbr class=initialism title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> HTML3.2 Recommendation</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/html-spec/html-spec_5.html#SEC5.5.2">PRE in HTML2.0 Standard</a></li>
<li><a href="../../wilbur/block/pre.html">PRE in <abbr class=initialism title="Web Design Group">WDG</abbr> HTML3.2 Reference</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.hut.fi/u/jkorpela/HTML3.2/5.44.html">PRE in <cite>Learning HTML3.2 by Examples</cite></a></li>
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