How can I prevent syntax higlighting in markdown? [duplicate]

Question

When I wished to show example data, I used the code block syntax (4 spaces indentation after an empty line), but the data was rendered like a programming language. Can I prevent the syntax highlighting?

2013-01-01 1.30 1.35 1236
2013-01-02 1.20 1.37 1237

...or is there another syntax in markdown?

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EDIT:

I the above example, the problem seems not to occur? The original problem, and data

James Bond
01/01/12 200010
03/30/12 -40000
04/30/12 -40000
05/30/12 -40000
06/30/12 -40000
07/30/12 -40000

was here: C++ Bank Project; How do I read string from file convert to float and sum all

Answer 1

You can use the lang-none syntax highlighting comment:

<!-- language: lang-none -->

    Your data...

Answer 2

Just use <pre> tags:

<pre>
2013-01-01 1.30 1.35 1236
2013-01-02 1.20 1.37 1237
</pre>

It will display the text as is:

2013-01-01 1.30 1.35 1236
2013-01-02 1.20 1.37 1237

Here on meta there's no code prettify so it's not relevant.

Answer 3

You could use the block quote, which is the character > then your text, like this:

2013-01-01 1.30 1.35 1236
2013-01-02 1.20 1.37 1237

The reason why your data was colour coded was due to the language you tagged your question with.

Edit: Disregard this - it's an option but Frédéric's is better and Shadow's example means a more appropriate font is used.