Escaping Special Characters

\*not italic\*
\# not a heading
\\ backslash
\`not code\`

<p>*not italic*</p>
<p># not a heading</p>
<p>\ backslash</p>
<p>`not code`</p>

Explanation

Backslash (\) escapes the next character: \* \# \` \[ \] \( \) \! and more. Use when you need literal punctuation that would otherwise trigger Markdown.

Tips & Common Mistakes

• Inside code blocks, no escaping is needed. Escaping works in most contexts; some edge cases vary by parser.

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