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metadata:
  - name: generator
    content: Diplodoc Platform v5.50.6
alternate:
  - https://yandex.ru/support/wiki/en/static-markup/escaping.md
  - https://yandex.ru/support/wiki/ru/static-markup/escaping.md
title: "Escaping characters in Yandex\_Wiki"
description: "In this tutorial, you will learn about the methods of escaping characters in\_your text."
---
> **Documentation Index:** Fetch the complete configuration index at https://yandex.ru/support/wiki/en/llms.txt




# Escaping characters in the old editor

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For information on how to characters in the new editor, see [Formatting text](https://yandex.ru/support/wiki/en/wysiwyg/text-format.md#shielding).

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* To display markup characters, escape them by using a backslash (`\`) or tilde (`~`):

   ```
   \*: Asterisk
   ~+: Plus sign
   ```

* To escape all characters in a certain text fragment, enclose this fragment in double quotes (`""`):

   ```
   ""<tag>""
   ```

* If you want to display a backquote inside a source code fragment, enclose the code fragment in double backquotes (` `` `):

   ```
   ``SELECT `id` FROM `table` ``
   ```

* All markup characters placed in the source code are escaped automatically:

   ```
   Formatting text:

   ```
   *Italic*
   **Bold**
   ```

   ```

* Any text in angle brackets (`<...>`) is handled as an [HTML tag](https://yandex.ru/support/wiki/en/static-markup/html-code.md) and is not explicitly displayed on the page. To display this text, you'll need to escape it, format it as a code snippet, or replace the opening angle bracket (`<`) with the `&lt;` code:

   ```
   &lt;tag>
   ```