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One solution to this that I found was to use the <nowiki><pre></nowiki> tag. Multiple lines displays really nice (and I like the color better):
One solution to this that I found was to use the <nowiki><pre></nowiki> tag. Multiple lines displays really nice (and I like the color better):


 
'''Ex.3'''
<pre>
<pre>
gen varA = .
gen varA = .
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replace varA = 0 if gender == 0
replace varA = 0 if gender == 0
</pre>
</pre>
However, the <nowiki><pre></nowiki> tag is no good for when writing code in the middle of a sentence. '''Ex.4''' is the same code as '''Ex.1''' but with a <nowiki><pre></nowiki> tag instead of a <nowiki><code></nowiki> tag:
''Ex.4''' Use the ''egen'' function <pre>rowtotal()</pre> when aggregating variables.
What I have done in my examples I uploaded today was to use <nowiki><pre></nowiki> for multi-line code examples and <nowiki><code></nowiki> for inline code examples, but as they look quite different in color I do not think it is a great solution. Not our top priority perhaps, but since there will be plenty of code examples we should decide on a policy for this.

Revision as of 21:20, 26 October 2017

About me

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Code snippet example

This part is using the regular <code> tag which is great when writing code in the middle of a sentence:

Ex.1 Use the egen function rowtotal() when aggregating variables.

However, the <code> tag is not great when writing multiple lines of code because there is a space in the formatting between the lines. It doesn't feel like a single code snippet.

Ex.2

gen varA = .
replace varA = 1 if gender == 1
replace varA = 0 if gender == 0

One solution to this that I found was to use the <pre> tag. Multiple lines displays really nice (and I like the color better):

Ex.3

gen varA = .
replace varA = 1 if gender == 1
replace varA = 0 if gender == 0

However, the <pre> tag is no good for when writing code in the middle of a sentence. Ex.4 is the same code as Ex.1 but with a <pre> tag instead of a <code> tag:

Ex.4' Use the egen function

rowtotal()

when aggregating variables.

What I have done in my examples I uploaded today was to use <pre> for multi-line code examples and <code> for inline code examples, but as they look quite different in color I do not think it is a great solution. Not our top priority perhaps, but since there will be plenty of code examples we should decide on a policy for this.