<PRE> and </PRE>

Description:

Shows preformatted text as it is included, with exactly specified whitespace, blank lines and such.

Attributes:

class=class
Indicates that the text is to be formatted using the specified class.
COLS=n
Maximum number of characters that can be displayed per line.
dir=direction
Indicates the direction (right or left) that the text is to be displayed. Useful for languages which display left to right.
event=JavaScript
When event occurs, execute the specified JavaScript.
id = "name"
You can give a text a name, which allows it to be referenced and changed in a script (dynamic HTML).
lang="lang"
Indicates the language of the text within the text.
style="style"
Defines the style in which the text will be displayed. This overrides any style elements at an "outer" level, such as from the BODY or the Cascading Style Sheet.
title="title"
You can give a text a title if you want. This provides some additional information about the text. I'm not sure why you would want to do this, but you could.
WIDTH=n
Maximum number of characters that can be displayed per line.
WRAP
Wrap the lines. Default is to not wrap.

Examples:

<PRE>
This example shows that this tag
is pretty useful as

    it preserves whitespace.
</PRE>
This example shows that this tag
is pretty useful as

    it preserves whitespace.