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HTML Syntax

<samp
   class = classname
   id = value
   style = css_style_rules
   title = text
>

NOTE: Both start and end tags are required.

The <samp> element represents sample ( or quoted ) output from a computer program.

The element is similar in function to the <code> and <kbd> elements, that render text in the browser’s default fixed-width font.

samp is used for inline formatting. For sections of code samples where block formatting is important, use the <pre> element to preserve the space characters and line breaks used in the code structure.

The following shows how the samp element may be used.

Here is some text in a <samp>fixed-width font.</samp>

which would render on a Web page as

Here is some text in a fixed-width font.

• 4.5.17 The samp element

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