posting with < and >

[Expiry]

A few times I've posted a formula on here and used the greater than or less than symbols and half of the formula is missing in the post. When I go to edit, it's still all there, but not shown.

Does anyone know why this happens and whether it can be overcome?

 

[VoG]

Hi. The workaround is to add a space either side of each < before clicking Submit.

 

[Expiry]

Ah. I'll remember that.

 

[Joe4]

Yes, those signs are being mistaken for HTML code. Putting spaces around then or using the Code tags usually takes care of that.

 

[Firefly2012]

You can also type in > for a ">" and a < for a "<" in forums where the html is swiched on (it is off in this About forum)

 

[Peter_SSs]

If you are using the 'space' method, you don't actually need to add one before the < as adding one after is sufficient.

 

[Gerald Higgins]

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