# Exporting Julia code as HTML or PDF
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/exporting-julia-code-as-html-or-pdf/35340
**Category:** New to Julia
**Created:** [February 29, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/exporting-julia-code-as-html-or-pdf/35340 "2020-02-29T22:02:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@carstenbauer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/carstenbauer)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2020, 12:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/exporting-julia-code-as-html-or-pdf/35340/21 "2020-03-13T12:06:47Z")
> **[GitHub - rofinn/FilePaths.jl: A type based approach to working with...](https://github.com/rofinn/FilePaths.jl)**
>
> A type based approach to working with filesystem paths in julia - GitHub - rofinn/FilePaths.jl: A type based approach to working with filesystem paths in julia
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### Author:  [@brett\_knoss](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/brett_knoss)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2020, 4:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/exporting-julia-code-as-html-or-pdf/35340/22 "2020-03-17T04:53:13Z")
The expected outcome is to write a pdf file with the .jl file in it.
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### Author:  [@brett\_knoss](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/brett_knoss)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2020, 5:22am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/exporting-julia-code-as-html-or-pdf/35340/23 "2020-03-17T05:22:44Z")
> [@brett\_knoss](#):
>
> weave(“C:/Users/brett/OneDrive/Documents/”, out\_path=C:/Users/brett/OneDrive/Documents/ECON214Assignment3.pdf, doctype=“md2pdf”)
/ = not a unary operator
//= not a unary operator
\ = invalid escape sequence
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### Author:  [@dpsanders](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dpsanders)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2020, 5:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/exporting-julia-code-as-html-or-pdf/35340/24 "2020-03-17T05:32:47Z")
You need to copy and paste exactly what you are writing in Julia and exactly what Julia “replies”. Put everything inside triple backticks at the beginning and end.
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### Author:  [@magister-ludi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/magister-ludi)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2020, 11:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/exporting-julia-code-as-html-or-pdf/35340/25 "2020-03-17T23:48:24Z")
> [@brett\_knoss](#):
>
> The expected outcome is to write a pdf file with the .jl file in it.
Yes, we (I and the others who are trying to help you) got that. The title you provided for the topic was a good one, and makes it clear what you want to achieve. But you haven’t explained enough for us to understand why it isn’t working for you.
I think one of the problems is that you haven’t learned to quote code. If you wrap code, and Julia output in sets of triple backticks, like this:
````julia
```
This text won't be formatted, and is displayed exactly
the way I type it.
```
````
we will get a better picture of what you tried and what the result was.
So lets take a look at what I think isn’t working for you:
> [@brett\_knoss](#):
>
> weave(“C:/Users/brett/OneDrive/Documents/”, out\_path=C:/Users/brett/OneDrive/Documents/ECON214Assignment3.pdf, doctype=“md2pdf”)
Based on this, I think you need to read the [Weave.jl documentation](http://weavejl.mpastell.com/stable/usage/#Weave.weave-Tuple%7BAny%7D) more carefully.
1. The first argument to `weave` should be a string that represents the source file **not** a directory.
2. The `out_path` argument should be a string that represents a directory, **not** a file. The directory must exist before you run `weave`. Note that you can also use the special symbol `:doc` for this argument, so that the output lands in the same directory as the input.
What you should have used is
```julia
weave("C:/Users/brett/OneDrive/Documents/ECON214Assignment3.jl", out_path="C:/Users/brett/OneDrive/Documents", doctype="md2pdf")
```
I hope this helps.
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### Author:  [@brett\_knoss](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/brett_knoss)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2020, 12:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/exporting-julia-code-as-html-or-pdf/35340/26 "2020-03-18T00:14:20Z")
> [@brett\_knoss](#):
>
> eave(“C:/Users/brett/OneDrive/Documents/”, out\_path=C:/Users/brett/OneDrive/Documents/ECON214Assignment3.pdf, doctype=“md2pdf”)
```julia
weave("C:/Users/brett/OneDrive/Documents/", ECON214Assignment3.jl, out_path=C:/Users/brett/OneDrive/Documents/ECON214Assignment3.pdf, doctype="md2pdf")
```
the file I’m trying to weave is Econ214Assignment3.jl
the pdf I want is to be called Econ214Assignment3.pdf
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### Author:  [@pdeffebach](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pdeffebach)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/exporting-julia-code-as-html-or-pdf/35340/27 "2020-03-18T00:37:23Z")
It would be much more helpful if you could post error messages more. But more importantly, you it would be best for you to _read_ the error messages. For instance, in your `out_path`, above, you haven’t quoted your strings, which is probably going to give you an error.
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