HTML documents are divided into paragraphs.
Paragraphs are defined with the <p> tag.
<p>This is a paragraph</p>
<p>This is another paragraph</p>
Don’t Forget the End Tag.
Browsers will display HTML correctly even if you forget the end tag:
<p>This is a paragraph
<p>This is a paragraph
The example above will work in most browsers, but do not rely on it.
Forgetting the end tag can produce unexpected results or errors.
Note that future version of HTML will not allow you to skip end tags.
HTML Line Breaks
Use the <br/> tag if you want a line break (a new line) without starting a new paragraph.
The <br /> element is an empty HTML element.
It has no end tag.
<p>This is<br />a para<br />graph with line breaks</p>
<br> or <br />
In XHTML, XML, and future versions of HTML, HTML elements with no end tag (closing tag) are not allowed.
Even if <br> works in all browsers, writing <br /> instead is more future proof.
HTML Output—Useful Tips
You cannot be sure how HTML will be displayed.
Large or small screens, and resized windows will create different results.
You cannot change the output by adding extra spaces or extra lines in your HTML code.
The browser will remove extra spaces and extra lines when the page is displayed.
Any number of lines count as one space, and any number of spaces count as one space.
Demonstration
The following demonstration shows how the HTML script is displayed on the Web.