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Scavenger's answer is a good idea, but # might be something that is valid in the code like a pre-processor command in C++ that can be part of the actual code sample.

I suggest to have something that is specified before the code block in a special way. The code block is indented with 4 spaces, so the language specifier could be indented 3 spaces (and only mean something when appearing immediately before a code block). This follows the simplicity in the markup rules that already exists.

    VB.NET
     Dim myVariable As String 'Here is the first code line
     myVariable = "Hello world"

Scavenger's answer is a good idea, but # might be something that is valid in the code like a pre-processor command in C++ that can be part of the actual code sample.

I suggest to have something that is specified before the code block in a special way. The code block is indented with 4 spaces, so the language specifier could be indented 3 spaces (and only mean something when appearing immediately before a code block). This follows the simplicity in the markup rules that already exists.

    VB.NET
     Dim myVariable As String 'Here is the first code line
     myVariable = "Hello world"

Scavenger's answer is a good idea, but # might be something that is valid in the code like a pre-processor command in C++ that can be part of the actual code sample.

I suggest to have something that is specified before the code block in a special way. The code block is indented with 4 spaces, so the language specifier could be indented 3 spaces (and only mean something when appearing immediately before a code block). This follows the simplicity in the markup rules that already exists.

 

   VB.NET
     Dim myVariable As String 'Here is the first code line
     myVariable = "Hello world"

Scavenger's answer is a good idea, but # might be something that is valid in the code like a pre-processor command in C++ that can be part of the actual code sample.

I suggest to have something that is specified before the code block in a special way. The code block is indented with 4 spaces, so the language specifier could be indented 3 spaces (and only mean something when appearing immediately before a code block). This follows the simplicity in the markup rules that already exists.

 

    VB.NET
     Dim myVariable As String 'Here is the first code line
     myVariable = "Hello world"