Including Angle Brackets In Pre Sections

Question

I am attempting to post some java code between pre tags but the angel brackets get removed. For example:

private HashMap<String, HashMap<String, Integer>> featureCounts;

becomes

private HashMap> featureCounts;

Is there a way I can render the actual code? Also I am not a php developer or a wordpress expert by any means, so modifying the underlying php would be less preferred as a solution. Is there a way I can do this just using the editor?

Answer 1

If you're just trying to display them in a page or a post, you could try using their character entities. In the Text view in the editor, type < instead of < and > instead of >.

So, for instance, in your editor's Text view (not the Visual mode), you'd type:

<pre>
private HashMap&lt;String, HashMap&lt;String, Integer&gt;&gt; featureCounts;
</pre>

And that should do it.

Answer 2

you could try adding your code to a string, then using the php function htmlspecialchars()

$thecode = "private HashMap<String, HashMap<String, Integer>> featureCounts;\n";
$thecode.= "2nd line of code\n";
$thecode.= "3rd line of code\n";
$thecode.= "4th line of code\n";

the trim() function will remove any whitespace at the start & end of the string.

<pre><?php echo trim(htmlspecialchars($thecode));?></pre>

hope that helps.