How to add html to anki cards without displaying as html?

Question

I am adding what i learn here to anki as I go, but when i put in a code example it displays it as actual code as in <br /> displays as a space on the card not the text I want to commit to memory.

How to I turn it into text and not have or parsed?

Answer 1

Use character escapes:
Try writing &lt; at the place of < and &gt; at the place of > if you don't want them parsed.
http://www.htmlandcssbook.com/extras/html-escape-codes/