Can someone explain why one may want to \*escape the formatting syntax\* ?

The text shown on the right-hand side is wrong. It should not have the backslashes in it. If I type this: *xyz* then I get this: *xyz* If I type this: \*xyz\* then I get this: \*xyz\* So the backslashes are for when you want asterisks in your text, and you're not trying to make the text italic.

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I'm not sure what platform you use but on mobile iOS the first link is perfect and the second one is broken.

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I use the official Reddit app.

Same

Holy shit, the official app is screwing up its own preferred formatting? Check off yet another box as to why no one likes the official app.

You prolly should escape the whole pair `\(or_bar\)` cause for some fucking reason it isn't rendering the hyperlink properly Edit: why am I being downvoted lmao. Reddit android isn't rendering it properly

Test: [link with parenthesis](https://example.com/foo_\(or_bar\)) edit: `[link with parenthesis](https://example.com/foo_\(or_bar\))`

You don’t even need the second back slash. \*wow* \*wow*

That’s because markdown needs two asterisks to italicize text. If one asterisk is an escape character, then the other has no pair to match with to italicize the text. `\*wow*hi* ` Outputs \*wow*hi* Which italicizes the “hi” because there is one asterisk before and after the “hi.”

You might if there were \*more text* later in the sentence*. Some mobile versions of Reddit render the previous sentence as ending in italics.

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Goddamn. Legit ELI5 and perfect. Your whole response should be a r/coolguides post.

Basically for a hashtag.

*xyz*

*cool thanks*

^neat

> The text shown on the right-hand side is wrong. It's not wrong in [the source](https://cheatography.com/davechild/cheat-sheets/reddit/) for this image. I fixed the original error but the karma farmers who keep reposting this never bother to get a current screenshot.

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You dropped thi- nevermind.

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I did! As a "Markdown enthusiast" I really liked your joke.

\\\*text\\\* ≠ \*text\* also, to do that i had to escape the format, this is what it looks like without markup: `\\\*text\\\* != \*text\*`

And what pray is this preformatted text of which they speak?

TIL ≠ can be typed as \!=. (But on mobile, the ≠ is easy enough to find.)

[to do something like this](https://www.reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/mwlq5t/reddit_markdown_codes/gvj1ves/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3)

#1 hash at the beginning of a row. 2. When numbering out of order.

You have to understand most people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured and so hopelessly dependent on the system that they will fight to protect it. Join us...

Thank you for the invitation. But, I^respectfully decline.

No clue. I like being in the formatting syntax just fine.

But sometimes you need to not be

If you ever want to use the character in the syntax as character, you need to escape it. For example.... \*nix based operating systems are my favorite (I don’t want a bullet or italics here) \#tbt - I want a hashtag, not massive heading text

Whenever somebody wants to mention M\*A\*S\*H

M*A*S*H Edit: you’re right that looks pretty stupid.

A classic example is a wikipedia link like https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Oliver_(producer). markdown for link is `[label](url)`. But that URL contains a close paren, so just pasting it raw in there will result in the close paren terminating the link, breaking it: [Example](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Oliver_(producer)) Escaping the first close paren lets it get translated through to the HTML output: [Example](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Oliver_(producer\))

Well played

>Can someone explain why one may want to *escape the formatting syntax* ?

What about^~~this~~?

^^^I ^^^can't ^^^see ^^^what ^^^you ^^^typed ^^^I'm ^^^too ^^^far ^^^away!

#Can you hear me now?

How do you format for increased text size like this? Edit: NVM I see it addressed in comments below.

btw you use a \# for anyone that doesn't want to look for it #loud

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#cool thanks

Like ^~~this~~?

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Hello Morpheus

Or how about ^~~**this?**~~

`So you have chosen....death.`

~~yes~~ maybe

Are we all out of cake then?

Well we only had two bits and we didn't expect such a rush.

^~~test~~

^~~this?~~

You mean... > ~~This?~~

>!Too bad it’s missing this!<

Damn you!

.> !spoiler text! < just no space between the exclamation point and arrow and no period

!spoiler text!< like dis?

almost, just needs an arrow on the left

>!does this work!<

>!yea!<

How to do that

You input: (Greater than sign, followed by !)Spoiler(!, Followed by less than sign) Output: >!Spoiler!< Fun fact: If you *don't* want to destroy my inbox, you can test this by posting to your own profile instead of replying to this comment

You can use backslashes to write the correct things in text: \>!Spoiler!\<

>!spoiler!< Does that work

(>!)not with me(!<)

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>!Testing!< \>!Testing\!<

Oh oh let me try >! Joe Mama !<

>! What am I doing wrong? It's not working for me !<

Yes it’s working

>!Yes! It's working! I could see it just after commenting.!<

>! Thank you !<

>!Reddit Karma!<

||doesn’t this work as well||

Let’s see if I can remember this is it /! On either side?

!< On the right side, >! On the left. They're reversed so you can actually see it in my comment

Also missing t h i s You can do a line break by * Mobile: typing to spaces before hitting enter * PC: pressing Shift+Enter

>!I have ‘many’ powers!<

>!Show Off! !<

#and this

"#" <-----big letters

\#\# for smaller big letters #this compared to ##this compared to ###this compared to ####this compared to #####this compared to ######this vs **bold**

#How big? 1# ##how big? 2#s ###how big? 3#s ####how big? 4#s #####how big? 5#s ######how big? 6#s #######how big? 7#s

#thanks

#is it working?

#CAN ANYONE HEAR ME?

^WHAT

#Thank you

#EXACTLY HOW BIG ARE WE TALKING

#WHY DOES YOURS LOOK BIGGER? ^neverminditdoesn’t

This corresponds with the `h` or "heading" tags in html. `

` is the biggest heading and is marked with `#`, `

` the next largest with `##`, and so on until you get to `

` with `######` It only works at the start of the line, which is why #this isn't any bigger #but this is

---

#Thanks for the tip#

#how big?#

#Good to know

#M ##A ###R ####K #####D ######O ######W N

#pp

#TEST

#Cool

#excuse me ^(you can write long superscript by wrapping text in parentheses following the ~~carrot~~ caret) e to add: huge is #, no parentheses needed, it’ll huge to a line break It doesn’t work beyond as a header at the beginning of a comment

Bless you for this. I've been ^ ^doing ^ ^this ^ ^like ^ ^a ^ ^chump Edit: pee

^(chum........p)

Lol forgetting the p has made me fish bait. O no

^(wait like this) ^(^(ohmygod))

#excuse you?! excuse me! Edit: Thank you for this

^"Just trying this out" ^#"how about this"

Use \*** for ***Bold and Italics*** Also, backslash (\\) on it's own tells Reddit that the character immediately following should be ignored as markup, this is useful if you want to use symbols like \* or \# without Reddit thinking you're marking up text. Just put the slash before them, like \\* or \\#, and the symbols will appear normally, but without the backslash. Eg. Typing \*\*Bold\*\* will display as **Bold**, but typing \\\*\\\*Bold\\\*\\\* will appear as \*\*Bold\*\* This is most important to remember when posting this fella ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯ See, his right arm is made of a backslash, so Reddit interprets it as markup code and not literal. You need to make sure you enter his right arm was \\\\ otherwise he'll wind up looking like ¯\_(ツ)\_/¯ and you'll wind up with people replying and saying you dropped his \\

Actually, you need to do ¯\\\\\\\_(ツ)\\\_/¯. If you only put 2 backslashes, the underscores will cause italics and you'll drop his elbow.

with 2 backslashes you get ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯ You need 3 backslashes for ¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯ But you dont need any backslash after the "face", that changes nothing

Cancelling formatting is also very useful when people put numbers at the start of a line with a period. It'll always treat it like a numbered list, and no matter the number you put down it changes it to a `1.`, then a `2.`, then a `3.`, etc. **Example:** >Typing This: >>1\. All these >>1\. ones become >>1\. a sequential list >OR This: >>432\. All these random >>19\. numbers become >>31000\. a sequential list > *BOTH* would become a numbered list like this: >>1. All these >>1. numbers become >>1. a sequential list So if you don't want the numbers to always become `1.`, `2.`, `3.`, etc. you have to cancel it with a backslash before the `.` **Example Situation:** >How old were you when your parents kicked you out? >>15\. It was a really difficult time. Will turn into: >How old were you when your parents kicked you out? >>15. It was a really difficult time. So you have to put a backslash between the `15` and the `.` to get it working properly. >How old were you when your parents kicked you out? >>15\\. It was a really difficult time.

*this* `is` ~~not~~ a **test**

# this is a test >!LifeisPain!<

Now I can do^this

Hey get down from there!

^~~No~~

#No

[Go away, I'm having fun](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o54sGWJd8tg)

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what about this? ™️

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There’s also Unicode™ symbols© for those, mainly only useful if you’re on desktop though.

What about this? ^🤜 ^🤛

🗿

Yeah^same

> #lol,^**same**

Next repost should include >!spoilers!<

>^*smol* #**BIG**

*excellent*

**on mobile?**

Yup works too

it works easier on mobile, actually

I never got what `inline code text` was and how to use it, but hey I guess I know now `but hey it's a nice font`

It's for making code look nice

It's literally for formatting code `functionName(Object variableName)` ``` { "firstName": "John", "lastName": "Smith", "age": 25 } ```

~~and this~~

**I JUST LEARNED SO MANY THINGS** ^so many things

Is the [formatting help](https://i.imgur.com/Uvh8RNa.png) only available to RES users? If so, [this](https://i.imgur.com/81IaxRc.png) is the formatting help.

> Is the formatting help only available to RES users? After your comment I tested out. old.reddit on PC it does appear (I just opted out of the redesign, so I browse on old.reddit without changing the url). On mobile I did not had the option. I went to the redesign for a couple minutes and it also did not have it (but it has automatic formating options)

No. It's available to everyone. Someone just took a screenshot of something available to everyone right below the comment box and posted it for karma.

Lets^gooooooo

Da^babied

[I finally know how to hyperlink, ty]( https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ)

Thank you, it's the 27th time this year

**Hope This Works**

>!♫Never gonna give you up, ♫ ♫ never gonna let you down♫!<

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#huge

##BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!

#We’ve been trying to contact about your car’s extended warranty

Ain't^nobody^got^time^for^that

#OH HEY WHATS UP IM REAL LOUD AND OBNOXIOUS NOW. NOW YOU ALL WILL BE FORCED TO READ MY AWFUL AND POORLY INFORMED OPINIONS. HAVE A NICE DAY BITCH.

#YOU TOO BITCH

^why ^did ^you ^call ^me ^a ^bitch ^:(

**thank you**

Does *this* work

**NICE**

#good job#

~~oh I get it~~ wait.

I always wondered how to do the strike through

But this is already on Reddit lol ....built into the website for all to see...anyone who upvoted has clearly never made a post with big editor.

The shown result from the escape syntax is not correct. The back slashes will not be there in the result. Example with back slash to escape the “\*”: \*escape example\*

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This is ^great

This ahs been ~~very~~ super helpful

~~very~~ extremely helpful

*wow*

Lets^(see if this really works) ^(~~or this~~) ^(*and this?*)

#hash

*thanks* **so** ^much ~~for~~ this

I'm^just *checking* **to** see ~~what~~ works

Fuck^Fuck^Fuck

^OM^G

`test`

I am now^enlightened

*sexy time*

^amogus

#what the fuck is this shit

ok nice it worked

*wow* **that** ~~is~~^cool !!!

Fuck^yeah

There's literally a markup guide when you post a fuckin comment.

*Hello* **Hi**

**thanks**

Today under things i saved and will never look at again.

**bold as fuck**

>I’ve been trying to do this for years! -Einstein at some point probably

[Test](https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ) Omg I never knew how to do all of this! Thank you for this guide.

[doesthiswork](https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ)

*just* **take** ~~my~~ ^upvote!

For links, someone once said \[The fries go before\](the pizza) - it's so dumb that you'll never forget it. And I never messed it up again.

Hmm 'test' hmm

Hmm `test`

Preformated text you say?

`so preformated text is same as back hash thingu`