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Forest Hoy
Forest Hoy
1,303 Points
Posted by Forest Hoy
Forest Hoy
1,303 Points

How do you copy and paste code?

I was wondering because I wasn't sure what to do if I had a question. I have been re-watching the videos and found my answer but for the future I would like to know.

Kevin Faust
Kevin Faust
15,353 Points
Kevin Faust
Kevin Faust
15,353 Points

ctrl-c and ctrl-v?

katherine
katherine
45,330 Points

on a mac, command + c to copy and command + v to past. and to select all the text on a page use command + a

2 Answers

evanfiddler
evanfiddler
22,275 Points

Are you asking how to copy/paste in general? If so, the previous answers will work---but I don't think that's what you're asking. I think you're asking how to put code into this forum:

First you type 3 backpacks (```)

Then type your code.

Followed by 3 more backticks (```)

For instance:

```

This is code!

```

Or if you'd like to use syntax highlighting, just place the language after the first set of backticks:

```javascript

'use strict';

var express = require('express')
var app = express();

app.get('/', function(req, res){
    res.send("<h1>Foo bar!</h1>");
});
    //more code goes here

```

or...

```html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <title>Title Here</title>
    <script type="text/javascript">
      if (foo) {
         bar(1 + 5)
      }
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>A header here</h1>
    <div id="container" class="col">
      <p>Markdown is fun.</p>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

```

Hope that helps a little.

Forest Hoy
Forest Hoy
1,303 Points
Forest Hoy
Forest Hoy
1,303 Points

Yeah, that does help. Thank you.