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In my HTML and CSS documents, how can I highlight the syntax of code snippets?

I recently started to learn HTML and CSS.

When I use <code></code>, it just shows up as plain, black and white text, although I would like it to automatically highlight the syntax appropriately.

It currently looks like this:

text = "Hello World!"
print(text)

I would like it to look like this:

text = "Hello World!"
print(text)

Is it possible to do that with just HTML and CSS?

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  1. 0

    automatically highlight

    Is it possible to do that with just HTML and CSS?

    No.

    It requires more detailed markup and CSS.

    e.g.

    var {
  color: blue;
}

code.operator {
  color: red;
}

code.literal {
  color: purple;
}

code.function-call {
  color: green;
}
    <pre><code class="python"><var>text</var> <code class="operator">=</code> <code class="literal">"Hello World!"</code>
<code class="function-call">print(<var>text</var>)</code>

    To do it automatically you need to involve a programming language. You could use it to preprocess your code before it is delivered to the browser, or use client-side JavaScript to do it after the page has loaded.

    There are various libraries available to to this.

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  2. 0

    For syntax highlighting, you typically need to use additional tools or libraries. One common approach is to use JavaScript-based syntax highlighting libraries like "highlight.js" or "Prism.js." These libraries can dynamically apply appropriate styles to different parts of the code to make it visually appealing and easy to read.

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