HTML Paragraphs

HTML Paragraphs

HTML documents are divided into paragraphs.
The HTML <p> element defines a paragraph.

Example:

<p>This is a paragraph</p>
<p>This is another paragraph</p>

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HTML Display

You cannot be sure how HTML will be displayed.
Large or small screens, and resized windows will create different results.
With HTML, you cannot change the output by adding extra spaces or extra lines in your HTML code.
The browser will remove extra spaces and extra lines when the page is displayed.
Any number of spaces, and any number of new lines, count as only one space.

Example:

<p> This paragraph contains a lot of lines in the source code, but the browser
ignores it.
</p>

<p>This paragraph contains         a lot of spaces in the source         code, but the        browser
ignores it.
</p>

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Don't Forget the End Tag

The example above will work in most browsers, but do not rely on it.
Forgetting the end tag can produce unexpected results or errors.
Most browsers will display HTML correctly even if you forget the end tag:

  Example:

<p>This is a paragraph
<p>This is another paragraph

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HTML Line Breaks

The HTML <br> element defines a line break.
The <br> element is an empty HTML element. It has no end tag.
Use <br> if you want a line break (a new line) without starting a new paragraph:

Example:

<p>This is<br>a para<br>graph with line breaks</p>

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The Poem Problem

Example:

<p>This poem will display as one line:</p>
<p>
  My Bonnie lies over the ocean.

  My Bonnie lies over the sea.

  My Bonnie lies over the ocean.

  Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me.
</p>

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The HTML <pre> Element

The HTML <pre> element defines preformatted text.
The text inside a <pre> element is displayed in a fixed-width font (usually Courier), and it preserves both spaces and line breaks:

 Example:

<pre>
  My Bonnie lies over the ocean.

  My Bonnie lies over the sea.

  My Bonnie lies over the ocean.

  Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me.
</pre>

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