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===Introduction===
;Introduction:


When formatting a page for display, Mediawiki allows the page to include bold and italic text by placing the bold/italic text within paired repeated-single quote characters - 3 single quotes for bold and 2 for italic, 5 for bold italic.<br>
When formatting a page for display, Mediawiki allows the page to include bold and italic text by placing the bold/italic text within paired repeated-single quote characters - 3 single quotes for bold and 2 for italic, 5 for bold italic.<br>
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* less-than (&lt;) to &amp;lt;
* less-than (&lt;) to &amp;lt;
* greater-than (&gt;) to &amp;gt;
* greater-than (&gt;) to &amp;gt;
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If your language doesn't have keywords/reserved words or comments, use your judgement on what to highlight in bold or italic : )
If your language doesn't have keywords/reserved words or comments, use your judgement on what to highlight in bold or italic : )


===Presenting your source===
;Presenting your source:


Instead of showing your source within syntaxhighlight tags and having a separate output block, just show the source that would be output from your program when given its own source to process.<br>
Instead of showing your source within syntaxhighlight tags and having a separate output block, just show the source that would be output from your program when given its own source to process.<br>
I.e., don't use syntaxhighlight tags.
I.e., don't use syntaxhighlight tags.


===See also===
;See also:


[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting]
[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting]