In HTML <br> and <br/> are same.

Question

In some codes I noticed that <br> tag is used to create single line break but in some codes <br/> is used to create single line break, is there any diiffernce in them or they are similar tags used for same purpose.

Answer 1

This is same tag, but in html5 we dont need to add "/" on some tags what dont have closening tag.
Best is to check here for each tag, select your tag and see how thay use tag in code
https://www.w3schools.com/tags/default.asp

Here is more about this topic
https://www.codecademy.com/forum_questions/52eb7f6a80ff334f3300085f

Tags like <br> and <hr> dont need "/" for sure

Answer 2

PanicS thanks 😃

Answer 3

<br> tag doesnt require a closing tag ...

Answer 4

Yes they both are same but i think it's good practice to use <br> for line break instead of <br/>