Preformatted Text

The <PRE> tag generates text in a fixed width font and causes spaces, new lines and tabs to be significant. Often used for program listings.

Example:

<pre>
   This is preformatted       text.

New lines, spaces etc. are
significant.
</pre>

which when viewed in browser looks like:

   This is preformatted       text.

New lines, spaces etc. are
significant.

Figure: Preformatted Text