Code Spans

Code spans represent fragments of code used within a normal paragraph.

In Markdown, a code span is defined by placing a fragment of code within backtick characters. For example, the following places the word ‘printf’ inside of a code span:

Use the `printf` function to output text to the screen.

Unlike code blocks, if a code span covers multiple lines it is rendered as a single line. For example:

`int main()
{
  printf("Hello, world!\n");
}`