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title: "<code> (Visual C++) | Microsoft Docs"
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# &lt;code&gt; (Visual C++)
The \<code> tag gives you a way to indicate one or more lines as code.  
  
## Syntax  
  
```  
<code>content</code>  
```  
  
#### Parameters  
 `content`  
 The text you want marked as code.  
  
## Remarks  
 Use [\<c>](../ide/c-visual-cpp.md) to indicate a portion of text should be marked as code.  
  
 Compile with [/doc](../build/reference/doc-process-documentation-comments-c-cpp.md) to process documentation comments to a file.  
  
## Example  
 See the [\<example>](../ide/example-visual-cpp.md) topic for an example of how to use the \<code> tag.  
  
## See Also  
 [XML Documentation](../ide/xml-documentation-visual-cpp.md)