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Paul Dietrich
Paul Dietrich
4,557 Points

How to type code in the forum

Hi guys,

I think I've asked this about three times or so already, and I keep forgetting: how do I add code to the forum and place it in a box? I've seen that it's maybe < code> </ code> or putting " ``` " before the text, but those don't work for me.

Is there a way to have a feature where you can highlight the code in the textbox and hit a "Code Tag" button? I'm perfectly fine with writing the code myself, but I just keep forgetting the actual command to do so.

Thanks.

<strong>test</strong

Viraj Kokane
Viraj Kokane
17,531 Points

<Body> <p>hello world</p> </body>

Viraj Kokane
Viraj Kokane
17,531 Points

`<Body> <p>hello world</p> </body>'

Viraj Kokane
Viraj Kokane
17,531 Points
<body>
  <p>hello world</p>
</body>
Viraj Kokane
Viraj Kokane
17,531 Points
<body>
  <p>hello world</p>
</body>
Cameron O'Brien
Cameron O'Brien
11,564 Points
telnet httpbin.org 80
GET / HTTP/1.1
Host: httpbin.org

test

108 Answers

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Paul Dietrich - There are 3.5 different ways to format code on the forum, here's a primer for you.

Option 1) Inline code like this code use the ` key to enclose your string of code

Option 2) Indent each line of code by one tab or 4 spaces

<Body>
  <p>hello world</p>
</body>

Option 3) Code fences, you need a blank line before your code fence

Enter this:

```
<body>
  <p>hello world</p>
</body>
```

It will give you this:

<body>
  <p>hello world</p>
</body>

Option 3b) Syntax highlighting, use the code fences and specify a language:

Enter this:

```ruby
def my_method(syntax)
  syntax.is_highlighted?
end
```

It will give you this:

def my_method(syntax)
  syntax.is_highlighted?
end
Zac Gordon
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Test 1:

<article>
  <h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
  <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
  <br>
</article>

Test 2:

<article>
  <h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
  <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
  <br>
</article>
Adam Waite
Adam Waite
3,996 Points

Test code block:

var myVar;

undefined = true;
Patrick Koch
Patrick Koch
40,498 Points

Test <html> <title>Code Block Test</title> <body> </body> </html>

Patrick Koch
Patrick Koch
40,498 Points
<body>
  <p>hello world</p>
</body>

Test

CELLS = []
for x in range(0,10):
    for y in range(0,10):
        CELLS.append((x,y))
Alberto Castro
Alberto Castro
9,311 Points
<Body>
  <p>hello world</p>
</body>
Spen Taylor
Spen Taylor
13,027 Points

as in :

code?

4 spaces should the trick, although I find I have to go back and edit some lines of code, but thats probably my bad anyway!

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Paul Dietrich - Your issue with '```' is probably you aren't putting the necessary, 1 line of white space between your text and the start of your code block.

This is how I imagine Prof Stephen Hawkins to type by default :/

test
    <html>
        <title>Code Block Test</title>
        <body>
        </body>
    </html>
<html>
    <head>
           <title>Something</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <p>Something Else</p>
    </body>
   </html>
<code>
Viraj Kokane
Viraj Kokane
17,531 Points

`<html> <head> <title>Something</title> </head> <body> <p>Something Else</p> </body> </html>'

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Here are a few other Github-flavored markdown tricks:

You can use numbers for reference-style link definitions

You can even create reference-style links with parentheses in them


Strike through with ~~done~~

done


H1

Headers with equal signs underneath.

Alt-H1

this is only a test

Mike Casteel
Mike Casteel
7,960 Points
<body>
  <p>hello world</p>
</body>

TEST

Paul Yorde
Paul Yorde
10,497 Points
<html>

<!-- A < a -->

</html>

test

def my_method(syntax)

  syntax.is_highlighted?

end
<html>
  <title>
  </title>
</html>
Andy Simmons
PLUS
Andy Simmons
Courses Plus Student 3,734 Points

Test

<html>
    <head attr="someValue">
    </head>
    <body>
        Some text
    </body>
</html>
Carlos Fernando Gómez Carrero
Carlos Fernando Gómez Carrero
46,984 Points

test

<html>
    <head>
    </head>
    <body>
        <p>HELLO</p>
    </body>
</html>
<body>
    <p>Hello World</p>
</body>
<p> 
HELLOOO
</p>
Arsallan Shirvani
Arsallan Shirvani
3,852 Points

Testing...

<html>
    <head>
        <title>The Grid</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <p>
            The Grid. A digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they moved through the computer. What did they look like? Ships? Motorcycles? Were the circuits like freeways? I kept dreaming of a world I thought I'd never see. And then, one day... I got in.
        </p>
    </body>
</html>
Alice Barton
Alice Barton
1,053 Points
<body>
  <p>hi there, this is a test</p>
</body>
Chris Scott
Chris Scott
7,673 Points
<body>
  <p>hi there, this is a test</p>
</body>
Megan Boyd
Megan Boyd
1,210 Points

test

<body>
  <p>hi there, this is a test</p>
</body>
<body> 
       <p>Hello Test!</p>
</body>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
    <title>This is only a test</title>
</head>
<body>
    <p> This is a paragraph </p>
</body>

Test 2

<?php 
    $args = array(
        'post_type' => 'work'
    );

    $the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
?>
Umar Alkhamis
Umar Alkhamis
1,068 Points

This is a test

<body>
    <h1>This is a level 1 headline</h1>
</body>

Testing!

<p>Hello hello </p>

=-

<body>
   <p>test</p>
</body>
Jonathan Carroll
Jonathan Carroll
3,438 Points
<body>

<p> hello world </p>

</body>
Will Vincent
Will Vincent
2,594 Points

<body>

<p> hello world </p>

</body

Will Vincent
Will Vincent
2,594 Points

this is a test:

<body> <h1>This is A test</h1>

Test

<h1>Hello</h1>
  <p>hello world test</p>

Test test test

<h1>I'm So Cool</h1>
    <p>Treehouse rules!</p>
Vernon Watson
Vernon Watson
8,854 Points

TEST

SELECT movies.title, IFNULL(AVG(score),0) AS average 
FROM reviews RIGHT OUTER JOIN movies 
ON movies.id = reviews.movie_id 
GROUP BY movie_id HAVING average < 2;
<h1>Test</h1>

This is a test

@property(strong,nonatomic) NSMutableArray *arrayTest;

Awesome lol

Testing...

    #copyright {
      border-top: 8px solid;
      border-color: #2A0400;
}

One more...

    #copyright {
      border-top: 8px solid;
      border-color: #2A0400;
}

Doesn't the simple Markdown code block notation of a tab (or 4 spaces) work?

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

James Gill - As I noted in option 2, yes it does a tab or 4 spaces works the same way as using a single backtick. If you want to do multiple lines you need a code fence or a set of 3 backticks as I noted in option 3.

Any questions?

trying to put a block of code here...

<body>
<p>A paragraph</p>
</body>

round two <body> <p>A paragraph</p> <body>

used 4 spaces... we'll see!

????

<body>
<p>A paragraph.</p>
<body>

ahhhh... that works.

Erik McClintock
Erik McClintock
45,783 Points
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Testing</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <p>Here's another test.</p>
    </body>
</html>
Erik McClintock
Erik McClintock
45,783 Points
<html>
<head>
<title>Test w/o Indentation</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>Does it look right?</p>
</body>
</html>
John Schnettgoecke
John Schnettgoecke
2,012 Points

test

''' <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/> <title>Smells Like Bakin' Cupcake Company</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css" type="text/css" media="screen"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/grid.css" type="text/css" media="screen"> </head> '''

John Schnettgoecke
John Schnettgoecke
2,012 Points

'''html

<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/> <title>Smells Like Bakin' Cupcake Company</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css" type="text/css" media="screen"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/grid.css" type="text/css" media="screen"> </head> '''

Chase Lee
Chase Lee
29,275 Points

John Schnettgoecke you need to use a backtick `. You're using a single quote.

Just a test!

@media screen and (max-width: 300px) {
    #myItem li:nth-child(2n+1) {
    clear: left;
  }
}
Alastair Halliday
Alastair Halliday
249 Points

even more testing

void addTwo(){
   // float alpha = 1.11;
    float beta = 2.22;
    //float result = alpha + beta;
    printf("result is %f\n", beta);
}

test

float addTwo (float a, float b);

float addTwo (float a, float b){
return a + b;
}
Tamsin Waters
Tamsin Waters
6,116 Points
         test 
       <li>
        <a href="img/summer.JPG">
            <img src="img/summer.JPG" alt="">
            <p>Summer Album</p>
        </a>
    </li> '

Just a test!

<body>
  <p>hello world</p>
</body>
Kirk Woodill
Kirk Woodill
7,078 Points

Test

<html>
<body>
  <div>
    <p>Hello!</p>
  </div>
</body>
</html>
Julio Pereira
Julio Pereira
7,459 Points

'''html <body> <p>hello world</p> </body> ''''

This is a Venezuelan Test!

Juan Martin
Juan Martin
14,335 Points

<Body> <p>hello world</p> </body>

def my_method(syntax)
  syntax.is_highlighted?
end
Juan Martin
Juan Martin
14,335 Points

test

def my_method(syntax)
  syntax.is_highlighted?
end
Juan Martin
Juan Martin
14,335 Points

test

def my_method(syntax)
  syntax.is_highlighted?
end
Juan Martin
Juan Martin
14,335 Points

<p>hello</p>

def my_method(syntax)
  syntax.is_highlighted?
end
Juan Martin
Juan Martin
14,335 Points

This is an example link ```ruby def my_method(syntax) syntax.is_highlighted? end

Juan Martin
Juan Martin
14,335 Points

This is an example link

def my_method(syntax)
  syntax.is_highlighted?
end
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
</html>
<p> test code</p>
<p> this is just a test </p>
Travis DePriest
Travis DePriest
696 Points

Test

<body>
  <p>hello world</p>
</body>
Kristopher Keen
Kristopher Keen
9,992 Points

This is a test.

shopping_list = []

def show_help():
  print("What should we pick up at the store?")
  print("Enter DONE to stop. Enter HELP for this help. Enter SHOW to show list")

def add_to_list(item):
  shopping_list.append(item)
  print("Added! List has {} items.".format(len(shopping_list)))


def show_list():
  print("Here's you list:")
  for item in shopping_list:
    print(item)

hope it works.

Eric Vandenberg
Eric Vandenberg
9,095 Points
<button type="button">Test</button>
Philip Campbell
Philip Campbell
15,324 Points

Testing.

<body>
    <p>Test</p>
</body>
Dominik Sikiric
Dominik Sikiric
2,059 Points
var userNumber = prompt("write down one number");
parseInt(userNumber);
var sve = Math.random()*userNumber;
Math.floor(sve);
alert(Math.random()*userNumber);
Adam Bell
Adam Bell
1,176 Points

'test <li> <a href="img/summer.JPG"> <img src="img/summer.JPG" alt=""> <p>Summer Album</p> </a> <'

Adam Bell
Adam Bell
1,176 Points

String firstName = "Gordon";

// string lastName = "Sumner";

// console.printf("Hello %s", firstName)

// band = console.readLine("Which band?  ");
Adam Bell
Adam Bell
1,176 Points

^ was just practicing

<?php
require "vendor/autoload.php";

  date_default_timezone_set("America/Cancun");

  use Monolog\Logger;
  use Monolog\Handler\StreamHandler;

  $log = new Logger('name');
  $log->pushHandler(new StreamHandler('app.txt', Logger::WARNING));

  $log->addWarning('Warning!.');

  echo "Hello World!";
Juan Martin
Juan Martin
14,335 Points
<p></p>
var a = "hello";
public class Game {
  private String mAnswer;
  /// final means cannot be changed alcaps MAS_MISSES means constant\\\\\
  public static final int MAX_MISSES =7;
  private String mMisses;
  private String mHits;
  //constructor\\\
  public Game(String answer)  {
    mAnswer = answer;
    mHits = "";
    mMisses = "";
    }
  // private method\\\
  private char validateGuess (char letter) {
  if (! Character.isLetter(letter)) {
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("A letter is required");
    }
    letter = Character.toLowerCase(letter);
    if (mMisses.indexOf(letter) >= 0 || mHits.indexOf(letter) >=0) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException(letter + "has already been guessed");
     }
        return letter;    
  }              
  ///method\\\
  public boolean applyGuess(char letter) {
    letter = validateLetter(letter);
    boolean isHit = mAnswer.indexOf(letter) >=0;
        if (isHit) {
        mHits += letter; 
   } else {
     mMisses += letter;
   }
   return isHit;
  }
public String getCurrentProgress() {
 String progress ="";
  for (char letter: mAnswer.toCharArray()) {
    char display = '-';
    if (mHits.indexOf(letter) >= 0) {
      display = letter;
  }
    progress += display;
    }
    return progress;
  }

  public int getRemainingTries() {
  return MAX_MISSES - mMisses.length(); 
  }

        }

'' test ''

'' test ''

´´´´´gdfgdfg´´´´

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <title>Objects</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/styles.css">
</head>
<body>
<h1>Objects</h1>
<div id="output">

</div>
<script src="js/object.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Anthony Rice
Anthony Rice
7,976 Points

Test

<body>
<p>hello world</p>
</body>

test

angular.js
angular.module("todoListApp",[])

.controller("mainCtrl", function($scope, dataService){

    $scope.addTerm = function(){ };

    dataService.getCloudTerms(
        function(response) {            
            console.log(response.data);
            $scope.cloudTerms = response.data;
            console.log($scope.cloudTerms);
        }
    );

})

.service("dataService", function($http){

    this.getCloudTerms = function(callback){
        $http.get('data/cloudTerms.json')
        .then(callback);
    }

})

'<p>This is only a test</p>'

Kyle Vassella
Kyle Vassella
9,033 Points

I think they really need to include the Markdown Cheatsheet link into the dialogue box when you are trying to start a thread from a video's question section. That would be a (seemingly) easy, huge improvement to the site's functionality.

Michelle Wood
Michelle Wood
1,667 Points

'''python

test = this_is_a

'''

Philip Schultz
Philip Schultz
11,437 Points

test

do
{
     System.out.println("Please enter your name: ");
     name = ScannerObject.nextln();

     if(!(name.matches["a-zA-Z+"]))
      {
      System.out.println("Sorry, the name can only consist of alphabetical characters... please try again");
      }
}while(!(name.matches["a-zA-Z+"]))// this while loop 

Hi there this is just another html test:

<body>
<p>Hello world I am a paragraph just like those Lorem ipsums</p>
<ul>
 <li>tomatoes</li>
 <li>oranges</li>
</ul>
</body>

... <body> <p>testing<p> ...

... <body> <p>Hello world I am a paragraph just like those Lorem ipsums</p> <ul> <li>tomatoes</li> <li>oranges</li> </ul> </body> ...

<p>This is code!<p>

just a test ...

<body>
<p>"Hello"</p>
</body>

Just for practice.

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html>
  <head>
    <title>The Moon</title>
  </head>
  <body>
  <figure>
    <img src="img/moon.jpg" alt="Hello snitch">
    <figcaption>Hello snitch</figcaption>
  </figure>
  </body>
</html>