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4. I typed in your code, and it displays the code. The trick is to embed a meaningless "[/b]" symbol after each "&"

That's a screensnap, because when you type it and preview, IT GOES AWAY.

Here it is as plain text, not a screen shot:

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The invisible "[/b]" symbols stuck into it screws up the interpreter, and so it just leaves it as text, with the "[/b]" symbols invisible.

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A useful trick if one wants to display the URL of a graphics image without rendering the graphic.

With the embedded "[/b]" stuck in right after the "h" in http, it displays the URL of the graphic:

https://i.imgur.com/pW5emc4.png

Without the "[/b]" , it displays the image:


The "[/b]" symbol embedded screws up the URL so the interpreter doesn't try to interpret it as a URL.

I used the same trick, by the way, to show the "[/b]". Without the trick, the "[/b]" simply disappears