# Wiki on How to Format Discourse Code

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wiki-on-how-to-format-discourse-code/111617>\
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**Created:** [March 14, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wiki-on-how-to-format-discourse-code/111617 "2024-03-14T14:19:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wiki-on-how-to-format-discourse-code/111617/1 "2024-03-14T14:19:15Z")

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I have seen many posts recently trying and failing to explain backtick code formatting.  
This is just a reminder that we have a wiki post you can link to on that topic.

> [@PSA: how to quote code with backticks](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-how-to-quote-code-with-backticks/7530):
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> This is a short post on how to use backticks (` and ```) to quote code, so it is easy to read. This post can be linked to new users who are confused by this feature. Why By quoting your code, you get a monospaced font (which preserves indentation) and syntax highlighting. This makes it easier to read your code and help you. Displayed code looks like this: function displayed\_code(x::Int, y::Int) if x \< y println("x is smaller") else println("or not") end end Inline…