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With the backtick_codeblock filter you can use Github's lovely back tick syntax highlighting blocks. Simply start a line with three back ticks followed by a space and the language you're using.

Syntax

``` [language] [title] [url] [link text] [linenos:false] [start:#] [mark:#,#-#]
code snippet
```

Basic options

• [language] - Used by the syntax highlighter. Passing 'plain' disables highlighting.
• [title] - Add a figcaption to your code block.
• [url] - Download or reference link for your code.
• [Link text] - Text for the link, defaults to 'link'.

{% render_partial docs/plugins/_partials/options.markdown %}

Examples

1. Here's an example without setting the language.

$ sudo make me a sandwich

The source:

```
$ sudo make me a sandwich
```

2. This example uses syntax highlighting and a code link.

class Fixnum
  def prime?
    ('1' * self) !~ /^1?$|^(11+?)\1+$/
  end
end

The source:

``` ruby Discover if a number is prime http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/2007/03/18/a-regular-expression-to-check-for-prime-numbers/ Source Article
class Fixnum
  def prime?
    ('1' * self) !~ /^1?$|^(11+?)\1+$/
  end
end
```

3. This example uses a custom starting line number and marks lines 52 and 54 through 55.

# Given an alphabet:
alphabet = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'

# Iterate over part of the alphabet:
console.log letter for letter in alphabet[4..8]

The source:

``` coffeescript Coffeescript Tricks start:51 mark:52,54-55
# Given an alphabet:
alphabet = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'

# Iterate over part of the alphabet:
console.log letter for letter in alphabet[4..8]
```

Other ways to embed code snippets

You might also like to embed code from a file or embed GitHub gists.