Am i right in assuming that 'pre' tag(preformatted text) overrides any external formatting applied on it>

Question

Trying to understand what exact 'pre' tag in html does

Answer 1

Lax

<pre > preserves line breaks and spaces.

Have you tried using the tag?

if not give it a shot

Answer 2

then how does code syntax highlighting work?

Answer 3

Thanks both, appreciate your answers