# Formatting Posts?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/formatting-posts/113607>\
**Category:** Ruby-Forum\
**Created:** [September 2, 2007, 7:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/formatting-posts/113607 "2007-09-02T19:32:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![jessehk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@jessehk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jessehk)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 7:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/formatting-posts/113607/1 "2007-09-02T19:32:29Z")

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Are there any ‘tags’ to format a post?

i.e. `x = 10;` - i tried that on my first post but it did not  
work?

what about `x = 10;`

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**Author:** ![jessehk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@jessehk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jessehk)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 7:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/formatting-posts/113607/2 "2007-09-02T19:34:20Z")

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Jesse H. wrote:

> Are there any ‘tags’ to format a post?
> 
> i.e. `x = 10;` - i tried that on my first post but it did not  
> work?
> 
> what about `x = 10;`

Also how do I edit my own posts? maybe that is not allowed?