How do I add code while writing comments? [duplicate]

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How do I add code while writing comments and how do I enter a newline character?

• Pekka: Writing what comments? Not sure I understand
• CHID: While commenting to an answer / question.. When i hav to include a code sample, there s not formattin option lik available for asking a question
• John: Like this: This is code.
• ChrisF: You don't add newlines in comments. If you want to post that much code edit your question (or answer) or post an answer.
• Charlie Parker: wait, so you can't write code in comments with more than 1 line?
• Kevin Fegan: @CharlieParker - Unfortunately, that's correct. Well, you can insert one or more newlines into comments, and the newlines will be preserved, but they will not be displayed.

Answer 1

You can't put newlines in a comment codeblock, but you can do inline code by using the backtick character. It looks like this

`

and it appears below the escape key on most keyboards which is sometimes the same key as the tilde (for example, on US English keyboards):

~

Surrounding something in backticks lets it appear as an "inline code block" and you could put them almost anywhere you like, even breaking across new lines. int c; c++; sprintf(); but notice there's no coloration, of course.

E.g. typing `something` in the editor produces something on the page

• jcolebrand: Better to upvote or accept, but I'll take the thanks for now ;)
• Marek: test code not code
• Tyler: 'something' this is a test
• Tyler: ~something~ this is another test
• Tyler: one more time , cool
• kimreik: this is just a test
• ravi.zombie: you need to place the symbol just before the letter, and no spacing between the back quote and starting letter. ` FYI` :P
• Novice_Developer: test code in comments
• Elise van Looij: Thanks. I thought they meant the single quote '. Luckily I found this answer in under 4 minutes or I could have earned the "Can't tell a backtick from a single quote" badge.
• Wissam Roujoulah: this is test command
• Yannis Dran: This is a test
• Gellie Ann: And now you're flooded with a bunch of test codes comments.
• Automationtested: This is a test because this was not working for me ok? <br> This is not giving me a line break. I cannot line break. /sigh
• jcolebrand: Not in comments you can't
• Stack Underflow: Just an update, does it still work? Yes, it does.

Answer 2

Place this symbol: ` before and after the code. (On many keyboards, this "backtick" is the button to the left of "1".)

• John: @CHID: like drachenstern said, better to upvote or accept. ;)
• Dejo Dekic: ¨ds¨ test vfdsfds