Use backticks (`) to denote inline code in Markdown. For code blocks, indent each line by at least four spaces or one tab. Escape backticks within code by using double backticks (``).
To denote a word or phrase as code, enclose it in backticks (`
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If the word or phrase you want to denote as code includes one or more backticks, you can escape it by enclosing the word or phrase in double backticks (``
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To create code blocks, indent every line of the block by at least four spaces or one tab.
<html>
<head>
</head>
</html>
The rendered output looks like this:
<html>
<head>
</head>
</html>
Note: To create code blocks without indenting lines, use fenced code blocks.
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