code

code — An inline code fragment.

Synopsis

code ::=

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

Additional attributes:

  • language

Description

The code element is an inline element for identifying small fragments of programming language code.

Processing expectations

Formatted inline.

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

any attribute

Any attribute in any other explicit namespace

language

Identifies the (computer) language of the code fragment

Parents

These elements contain code: bridgehead, caption (db.html.caption), citation, citetitle, classsynopsisinfo, computeroutput, contrib, emphasis (db.emphasis), entry, enumitemdescription, firstterm (db.firstterm), funcsynopsisinfo, glosssee, glossseealso, glossterm (db.glossterm), initializer, link, literallayout, member, meta (db.meta.content), olink, orgdiv, para, phrase (db.phrase), primary, primaryie, programlisting, quote (db.quote), refdescriptor, refentrytitle, refname, refpurpose, remark, screen, secondary, secondaryie, see, seealso, seealsoie, seeie, seg, segtitle, simpara, subtitle, synopsis, synopsisinfo, td, term, termdef, tertiary, tertiaryie, th, title, titleabbrev, tocentry, userinput.

Children

The following elements occur in code: text, abbrev, acronym, alt, anchor, annotation, biblioref, buildtarget, classname, coref, date, emphasis (db._emphasis), enumidentifier, enumname, enumvalue, exceptionname, firstterm (db._firstterm), footnote, footnoteref, foreignphrase (db._foreignphrase), function, glossterm (db._glossterm), indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange), indexterm (db.indexterm.singular), indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange), initializer, inlinemediaobject, interfacename, link, macroname, methodname, modifier, olink, ooclass, ooexception, oointerface, parameter, phrase (db._phrase), quote (db._quote), remark, replaceable, returnvalue, subscript, superscript, templatename, trademark, type, typedefname, unionname, varname, wordasword, xref.