--- title: Code syntax-id: code syntax-summary: "`code`" description: "To denote a word or phrase as code, enclose it in backticks (`` ` ``)." examples: - markdown: "At the command prompt, type `nano`." html: "At the command prompt, type nano." additional-examples: - name: "Escaping Backticks" description: "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 (``)." markdown: "``Use `code` in your Markdown file.``" html: Use `code` in your Markdown file. - name: "Code Blocks" description: "To create code blocks, indent every line of the block by at least four spaces or one tab." markdown: | html:

--- To denote a word or phrase as code, enclose it in backticks (`` ` ``).

Markdown	HTML	Rendered Output
At the command prompt, type `nano`.	`At the command prompt, type <code>nano</code>.`	At the command prompt, type `nano`.

### Escaping Backticks 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 (``).

Markdown	HTML	Rendered Output
``Use `code` in your Markdown file.``	<code>Use `code` in your Markdown file.</code>	Use `code` in your Markdown file.

### Code Blocks To create code blocks, indent every line of the block by at least four spaces or one tab. ```text ``` The rendered output looks like this: ```text ```

Note: To create code blocks without indenting lines, use fenced code blocks.