How to escape spoiler in blockquote that starts with exclamation point

Question

How can I "escape" the spoiler syntax when putting some text in a blockquote that starts with an exclamation point?

• https://webapps.stackexchange.com/a/170880/267540

Here is the text that I want in a blockquote

[email protected]

I want it in a blockquote, so I write this

> [email protected]

...but that appears like this

[email protected]

I also tried the backslash escape character

> \[email protected]

...but it still appears like this

[email protected]

How can I put an item of text in a blockquote that starts with an exclamation point without it appearing as a "spoiler"?

Answer 1

Put an empty <p></p> block before it:

> <p></p>[email protected]

[email protected]

No idea why this works, but it does.

Answer 2

You can use the Unicode code point U+200B ZERO WIDTH SPACE in front of your exclamation point, whether written as a literal character or as a named, decimal, or hexadecimal character entity:

1. literal character ​:

​!secret literal character

2. named entity ​

​!secret named entity

3. decimal entity ​:

​!secret decimal entity

4. hex entity ​:

​!secret hex entity

Note how those all work. The interposition of another codepoint than an exclamation point suffices to throw the markdown parser off your trail.

Answer 3

Maybe use backticks like this:

[email protected]

... i.e.:

> `[email protected]`