# How to write three ticks (\`) in post content?

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**Created:** [April 19, 2017, 10:03am 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:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 10:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-write-three-ticks-in-post-content/61240/2 "2017-04-19T10:05:21Z")

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Like this?

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Four spaces, then three ticks. Check out [Markdown Reference](http://commonmark.org/help/) for a reference as well!

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