Escaping Characters
To display a literal character that would otherwise be used to format text in a Markdown document, add a backslash (\) in front of the character.
\* Without the backslash, this would be a bullet in an unordered list.
The rendered output looks like this:
* Without the backslash, this would be a bullet in an unordered list.
Characters You Can Escape
You can use a backslash to escape the following characters.
|
Character |
Name |
|---|---|
|
backslash |
|
|
` |
backtick (see also escaping backticks in code) |
|
* |
asterisk |
|
_ |
underscore |
|
{ } |
curly braces |
|
[ ] |
brackets |
|
< > |
angle brackets |
|
( ) |
parentheses |
|
# |
pound sign |
|
+ |
plus sign |
|
- |
minus sign (hyphen) |
|
. |
dot |
|
! |
exclamation mark |
|
| |
pipe (see also escaping pipe in tables) |
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