I am trying to write in my R Markdown "3 times 6:10 and (3 times 6):10" all in complete letters (I am using times instead of *. My purpose is to put * instead of word times without any problem). However, it keeps giving me italic syntax for the part "6:10 and (3". How can I write my *s in R Markdown straight into the document without evoking * syntax which is make letters italic in the middle?
3 Answers
Escape '*' by using '\*' instead
Alternatively, you could use $\times$ to get the '×' symbol
Markdown is quite sensitive to whitespace. If you don't put spaces around the * (line 3 below) you get the problem you're describing (markdown assumes the *s are italic-delimiters).
Some possible solutions
- line 5: add spaces, no problem (except you might not want that spacing)
- line 7 (@CaptainHat): set times as a LaTeX times symbol
- line 9: set in code format
- line 11 (@CaptainHat): protect *s with backslashes
Also tried @CaptainHat's suggestions as well as type-setting in code format ...)
On the web use *
That's one of it's HTML codes. (Only mention it because google brought me here when I didn't search about the R language and figure others will end up here as well.)
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