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== Usage ==

Wraps short spans of source code (typically programming language keywords) in which line breaks are not allowed. This needs to be used instead of {{tag|code}}, because keywords in some programming languages contain characters that can trigger a line break even after the first character of the keyword.

== Example usage ==

For example, [[Forth (programming language)|FORTH]] word (i.e. command) {{Preformatted code|?BRANCH}} contains a question mark.

Normally, you would write {{Preformatted code|<code>?BRANCH</code>}} When the web browser sees the question mark near the end of line, the rendering could look like this:

:some text that mentions <code>?<br>BRANCH</code> rest of the text

Usually, you want to force the question mark to be rendered next to the rest of the FORTH word.

When you use <code><nowiki>{{Preformatted code|?BRANCH}}</nowiki></code>, the resulting rendering will be never broken into two lines inside the source code.

== See also ==
* {{tl|code}}, which only provides syntax highlighting, without forbidding line breaks
* {{tl|codett}}, wrapper for this template that removes background and border styling
* {{tl|mono}}, monospaced font only
* {{tl|parameter value}}, monospaced; friendly handling for blank space
* {{tl|Syntaxhighlight}}
* {{tl|kbd}}, for keyboard input
* [[Help:Wiki markup]]

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