How to quote html code

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  emotivated · Member · Feb 7, 2012 at 3:46 pm

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  I’m trying to quote a simple line of html code on one of my websites to show how a hyperlink is constructed. The difficulty I am having is that the code is always “evaluated” and only shows the “result” rather than the unedited code. I’ve tried using the code and block quote tags, but they just change the font without displaying the full code. I’ve also tried changing the < to & lt but that just displays & lt rather than < so the result looks messy.

  I am using the Enterprise theme, any ideas?

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  justpi · Member · Feb 7, 2012 at 4:10 pm

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  One way is to use the sourcecode shortcode:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/posting-source-code/
  Another way is to convert the HTML here:
  http://www.plus2net.com/html_tutorial/tags-page.php
  Paste the result in the HTML editor, not the Visual.

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  emotivated · Member · Feb 7, 2012 at 6:12 pm

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  I solved the issue by using a combination of ASCII characters and tags. Thanks for your suggestions.