how do margins work css code example

Example 1: margin css

/* Apply to all four sides */
margin: 1em;
margin: -3px;

/* vertical | horizontal */
margin: 5% auto;

/* top | horizontal | bottom */
margin: 1em auto 2em; 

/* top | right | bottom | left */
margin: 2px 1em 0 auto;

/* Global values */
margin: inherit;
margin: initial;
margin: unset;

Example 2: how to add a left margin in css

<html>
   <head>
   </head>

   <body>
      <p style = "margin-left: 15px; border:1px solid black;">
         This is a paragraph with a specified left margin
      </p>
      
      <p style = "margin-left: 5%; border:1px solid black;">
         This is another paragraph with a specified top margin in percent
      </p>
   </body>
</html>

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