LaTeX minipage on same page

Question

I want to take two minipage environments on same page next to each other but (I do not know why) not work.

This is the code:

\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
 \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
 \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
 \usepackage{blindtext}
 \usepackage[left=2cm,right=2cm,top=2cm,bottom=2cm]{geometry}
 
\begin{document}

\thispagestyle{empty}
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.25\textwidth}
\blindtext[1]
\end{minipage}
\vline

\begin{minipage}[t]{0.4\textwidth}
\blindtext[1]
\end{minipage}
\vline
 
\end{document} 

What is the solution?

Thanks for help!

Answer 1

A minipage is positioned by the same code as a letter, so each of those minipages is indented by \parindent and has a paragraph break between them so they stack vertically. If you want them side by side remove the blank line.

\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
 \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
 \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
 \usepackage{blindtext}
 \usepackage[left=2cm,right=2cm,top=2cm,bottom=2cm]{geometry}
 
\begin{document}

\thispagestyle{empty}
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.25\textwidth}
\blindtext[1]
\end{minipage}
\vline{}
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.4\textwidth}
\blindtext[1]
\end{minipage}
\vline
 
\end{document}