Markdown Escaping Characters Syntax
To display a literal character that has special meaning in Markdown syntax, you need to add a backslash (\\) in front of it. This is known as "escaping," and it tells the Markdown parser that the character should be displayed as is, rather than as a syntax token.
\* Without this backslash, this sentence would be in italics.The rendered output looks like this:
* Without this backslash, this sentence would be in italics.
Characters You Can Escape
Here is a list of special characters that you can escape:
| Character | Name |
|---|---|
| \ | Backslash |
| ` | Backtick |
| * | Asterisk |
| _ | Underscore |
| {} | Curly Braces |
| [] | Square Brackets |
| () | Parentheses |
| # | Hash |
| + | Plus Sign |
| - | Hyphen |
| . | Period |
| ! | Exclamation Mark |