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Answer: How to use code blocks in HTML

why not re-style <code> with that class name instead of introducing <div>-itis 🚬😐?

You probably want to do it in cascading style sheets (CSS). Create some CSS with the look you want, and things marked as <code> should take on that appearance. For example:

<html> <head> <style type="text/css"> code { background-color: gray; color: blue; } </style> </head> <body> <p>Some code:</p> <code>My
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