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Markdown supports adding inline code like this, obtained by wrapping text in backticks: `code here` Alternatively, you can put your inline code between <code> and </code> HTML tags. Consider the following markdown code: `This` is an inline code block! <code>This</code> is...

On StackExchange sites, code snippets may provide optional syntax highlighting. On sites like Stack Overflow the default language is derived from the tags used in the associated question (if applicable). In addition, a code snippet's syntax highlighting language may also be defined by adding an HTML...

You can create multiline code snippets by indenting each line with at least four spaces or one tab: #include <stdio.h> int main() { printf("Hello World!\n"); return 0; }

Some parsers allow code to be designated by adding three backticks before and after a section of code. ``` <p><em>This</em> is an HTML example!</p> ``` Optionally, many parsers allow adding syntax highlighting by specifying the code's language immediately after the firs...

When adding indented code blocks inside a list you first need a blank line, then to indent the code further. Different flavours of Markdown have different rules for this. StackExchange requires code to be indented by 8 characters instead of the usual 4. (Spaces replaced with * for clarity): 1...