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I want the output in my window to show the actual "<!-- -->". How do I quote that so it prints out? Same for printing out <h2>Text Here</h2> - I want it to actually print that out, and not do the <h2> style.

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Method 1: Escape characters (recommended option)

&lt; is <

&gt; is >

Have a look at this code snippet:

This will appear as a comment:
<br><!-- Test -->
<br>
<br>This will actually appear:
<br>&lt;!-- Test --&gt;

You can find out how to escape characters here: https://ascii.cl/htmlcodes.htm


Method 2: Use the xmp tag

Warning: this feature is discouraged by MDN webdocs:

This feature is obsolete. Although it may still work in some browsers, its use is discouraged since it could be removed at any time. Try to avoid using it.

Source: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/xmp

This will appear as a comment:
<br><!-- Test -->
<br>
<br>This will actually appear:
<br><xmp><!-- Test --></xmp>
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  • the < and > worked perfectly! thanks – DeAnna Apr 14 '20 at 15:48
  • No problem, I'm glad it worked! – Run_Script Apr 14 '20 at 15:58
  • @mplungjan When I began writing my question, there were no answers here, so I didn't copy you! It can happen that several people give the same answer – there are only so many solutions out there, and these are the only two that I can think of. – Run_Script Apr 14 '20 at 16:21