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 ### C
 The full API can be found in `CSSLayout/CSSLayout.h`.
 
-```html
+```c
 CSSNodeRef root = CSSNodeNew();
 CSSNodeStyleSetWidth(root, 100);
 CSSNodeStyleSetHeight(root, 100);