How do I get the following to show up (on stackoverflow) with color syntax highlighting?
class Foo { internal Foo() { for (int i = 0; i < 42; ++i); } }
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5Anyone editing that code block proper will nullify the question and its answers– randomOct 2, 2011 at 22:55
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See https://stackoverflow.com/editing-help.
Basically, for code, indent four spaces -- you can do this by pasting code then highlighting and hitting Ctrl + K or the {} button above the editing box.
As far as syntax highlighting, see Changes to syntax highlighting and Interface options for specifying language prettify.
The correct language will often be inferred by the tags on the question, but you can manually specify it with an HTML comment:
<!-- language: c# -->
public static bool IsAwesome { get { return true; } }
or
<!-- language: lang-js -->
setTimeout(function () { alert("JavaScript"); }, 1000);
before the code block.
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That is a quote straight out of the official editing help page. If it's wrong, that definitely needs to be corrected. There are four examples of syntax highlighting comments, and other three do use that format. I'll add the JS example.– agfOct 2, 2011 at 22:59
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The HTML language comment thing doesn't work. Not in this example, not in my posts.– aalaapJul 20, 2016 at 12:35
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@aalaap Did you do it exactly as shown in stackoverflow.com/editing-help#syntax-highlighting ? Is the post on Stack Overflow or another site? They may not be exactly the same.– agfJul 20, 2016 at 19:12
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@agf It's right here on StackOverflow. I tried JS, C# and PHP, but all I can see is the <!-- language: xxx --> comment as a part of the grey, monospaced code block. That's what I see right up here in this answer too.– aalaapJul 21, 2016 at 8:36
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@Luuklag I don't think making a post more readable is useless. Also, what does editing have to do with the age of a post, if it is still very relevant for readers today?– NeuronAug 11, 2022 at 14:28
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@Neuron it's not relevant, as it was already closed as a duplicate 10 years ago.– LuuklagAug 11, 2022 at 14:29
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@Luuklag It being a duplicate is not an argument as to weather it is relevant to some people. By that logic, we could delete duplicates instead of closing them. I got here by googeling
code highlight stackexchange, and this is the first result.– NeuronAug 11, 2022 at 14:37
If you want to insert code inline like this int i = 0; use backticks: `int i = 0;`. If you want an entire block of code you can highlight it and then click the code button which looks like {}. You can also hit Ctrl+K while it's highlight, or just manually indent it all 4 spaces:
class Foo { internal Foo() { for (int i = 0; i < 42; ++i); } }
