# How to write three ticks (\`) in post content?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-write-three-ticks-in-post-content/61240
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [4월 19, 2017, 10:03오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-write-three-ticks-in-post-content/61240 "2017-04-19T10:03:07Z")
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### Author:  [@Sujan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sujan)
#### Post date: [4월 19, 2017, 10:03오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-write-three-ticks-in-post-content/61240/1 "2017-04-19T10:03:07Z")
I want to educate some users on using code fences for posting code.
How can I post three ticks (```) as text without the “after one tick mark text as preformatted”?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [4월 19, 2017, 10:05오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-write-three-ticks-in-post-content/61240/2 "2017-04-19T10:05:21Z")
Like this?
````
```
````
Four spaces, then three ticks. Check out [Markdown Reference](http://commonmark.org/help/) for a reference as well!
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### Author:  [@Sujan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sujan)
#### Post date: [4월 19, 2017, 10:11오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-write-three-ticks-in-post-content/61240/3 "2017-04-19T10:11:00Z")
Actually directly inside a line of text, so I can post something like
> I edited your code to display better. Please use `(three ticks)` in the line in front and after your code to enable this formatting yourself. Thanks.)
But with the three ticks instead of “(three ticks)” of course.
(Man is it hard to describe this if every try to actually type it gets removed ;))
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [4월 19, 2017, 10:14오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-write-three-ticks-in-post-content/61240/4 "2017-04-19T10:14:01Z")
It’s very, very tricky to get that right inline. Another way is backslash
```
```
\`\`\`
```
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### Author:  [@Sujan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sujan)
#### Post date: [4월 19, 2017, 10:16오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-write-three-ticks-in-post-content/61240/5 "2017-04-19T10:16:36Z")
Testing: ```
That works, thanks.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [4월 19, 2017, 10:16오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-write-three-ticks-in-post-content/61240/6 "2017-04-19T10:16:47Z")
Good luck with that 😉
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### Author:  [@Sujan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sujan)
#### Post date: [4월 19, 2017, 10:18오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-write-three-ticks-in-post-content/61240/7 "2017-04-19T10:18:34Z")
To make it even more complicated:
Is there a way to preformat the three ticks now in line? So we have this nice grey background to make the command stand out…
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### Author:  [@clapmyhands](https://meta.discourse.org/u/clapmyhands)
#### Post date: [4월 19, 2017, 10:52오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-write-three-ticks-in-post-content/61240/8 "2017-04-19T10:52:55Z")
Try this `````
Using so:
`\````
Edit: forgot to close tag 😅
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### Author:  [@Sujan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sujan)
#### Post date: [4월 19, 2017, 10:57오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-write-three-ticks-in-post-content/61240/9 "2017-04-19T10:57:08Z")
> [@clapmyhands](#):
>
> \```\
Fancy².
Let’s see if this works to output the three ````` (```) needed to format code. Yes it does. Didn’t know about `` before. Thanks!
PS: Uh, did I just discover a “bug” in the quote engine? Backslashes are gone…
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### Author:  [@clapmyhands](https://meta.discourse.org/u/clapmyhands)
#### Post date: [4월 19, 2017, 11:01오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-write-three-ticks-in-post-content/61240/10 "2017-04-19T11:01:39Z")
Back slash where?
Inside your bracket?
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### Author:  [@Sujan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sujan)
#### Post date: [4월 19, 2017, 11:03오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-write-three-ticks-in-post-content/61240/11 "2017-04-19T11:03:37Z")
I quoted your `\```` in my response. There it shows without the backslashes.
Super edge case of course, but [quote] seems to miss the \ on output.
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### Author:  [@clapmyhands](https://meta.discourse.org/u/clapmyhands)
#### Post date: [4월 19, 2017, 11:08오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-write-three-ticks-in-post-content/61240/12 "2017-04-19T11:08:29Z")
Oh.. that might be a separate bug but we can ask @codinghorror
Maybe raise a new bug topic.
But it seems your use case is covered for now 😄
Cheers
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### Author:  [@Sujan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sujan)
#### Post date: [4월 19, 2017, 12:50오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-write-three-ticks-in-post-content/61240/13 "2017-04-19T12:50:02Z")
Done: [[quote] loses backslashes on this super edge case](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quote-looses-backslashes-on-this-super-edge-case/61253)
And yes, I’m happy with my solution. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@clapmyhands](https://meta.discourse.org/u/clapmyhands)
#### Post date: [4월 19, 2017, 1:04오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-write-three-ticks-in-post-content/61240/14 "2017-04-19T13:04:50Z")
just an FYI 😄
you can click the chain icons \> new topic to create a topic out of a post.
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### Author:  [@Sujan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sujan)
#### Post date: [4월 19, 2017, 1:06오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-write-three-ticks-in-post-content/61240/15 "2017-04-19T13:06:19Z")
What kind of sorcercy…
Awesome. Thanks.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [6월 8, 2024, 12:44오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-write-three-ticks-in-post-content/61240/16 "2024-06-08T12:44:52Z")
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