How to I give an example of a tag to use in HTML?

Question

I want to write a web page showing a example of the <p> tag. How can I have the browser display "<p>" instead of running it?

Answer 1

Use the escape characters &lt; for < and &gt; for > inside your paragraphs.
Ex: <p>&lt;p&gt; is used for a paragraph.</p>
Result: <p> is used for a paragraph.

Answer 2

Simply use <xmp> tag to show raw code of html in webpage like

<xmp> <code><pre><p>Hello</p></pre></code></xmp>

it output will be

<code><pre><p>Hello</p></pre></code>

Hope it helps

Answer 3

you can actually replace < and > by &lt; and &gt; respectively.
So in your case, it would be something like &lt;p&gt; paragraph &lt;/p&gt;

Answer 4

not working. I need to escape the tags.

Answer 5

<p>p</p>

Answer 6

that would just display a p, not the whole code. I need to like comment out.

Answer 7

OK, so:
<p>p</p>
<br/>
/* This makes a p for use in website (paragraph). */

Answer 8

I hope it works. Thanks.

Answer 9

Sorry, meant p for comment section. Fix.

Answer 10

Sorry I wasn't clear. I want website to show <p>p</p>. however when I put it in the html, the browser thinks I want a paragraph with only the letter p.

Answer 11

Ya could add more for more info.

Answer 12

Sorry, so this should actually work. Lol. :

<p>p-This makes a paragraph</p>
<p>Use this in a website for a paragraph.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<p> Use the <p > tag for a paragraph</p>

-Add br for breaks in paragraphs.

Answer 13

Because of the new update, your own codes don't work on your own profile. idk why.