{"id":1274,"date":"2015-03-08T09:03:58","date_gmt":"2015-03-08T16:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/c-for-dummies.com\/blog\/?page_id=1274"},"modified":"2017-01-29T08:17:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-29T16:17:08","slug":"posting-code-in-a-comment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/c-for-dummies.com\/blog\/?page_id=1274","title":{"rendered":"Posting Code in a Comment"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you want to upload code in a comment, you’ll need to know a wee bit of HTML formatting. That’s because common characters like <<\/code>, ><\/code>, and &<\/code> are interpreted by the web page browser as HTML, not C code.<\/p>\n

• Prefix your code by using the <pre><\/code> tag. That way all the spaces and indents are retained.<\/p>\n

• Postfix your code by using the <\/pre><\/code> tag. That tag marks the end of the preformatted text block.<\/p>\n

• If you code uses the <<\/code> or ><\/code> symbols, which it will if you’re including any header files, then you need to specify &lt;<\/code> for <<\/code> and &gt;<\/code> for ><\/code>. If not, the browser would fail to see the following text:<\/p>\n

<stdio.h><\/pre>\n
That text above would be interpreted as HTML, which it isn’t. So no text would appear in the comment.<\/p>\n
• Remember that your typical for<\/em> loop uses the <<\/code> or ><\/code> characters, so scan for those. Also scan for if<\/em>, while<\/em>, and else<\/em> keywords.<\/p>\n
• The code for the &<\/code> character is &amp;<\/code>. If you’re doing a logical AND operation, you need two of them: &amp;&amp;<\/code> for &&<\/code>.<\/p>\n
All these recommendations are optional, but consider using them if you want the code in your comment to be readable.<\/p>\n
If you would like to register, drop me an email and I’ll sign you up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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