---
title: Expressive Code Example
published: 2024-04-10
description: How code blocks look in Markdown using Expressive Code.
tags: [Markdown, Blogging, Demo]
category: Examples
draft: false
---

Here, we'll explore how code blocks look using [Expressive Code](https://expressive-code.com/). The provided examples are based on the official documentation, which you can refer to for further details.

## Expressive Code

### Syntax Highlighting

[Syntax Highlighting](https://expressive-code.com/key-features/syntax-highlighting/)

#### Regular syntax highlighting

```js
console.log('This code is syntax highlighted!')
```

#### Rendering ANSI escape sequences

```ansi
ANSI colors:
- Regular: [31mRed[0m [32mGreen[0m [33mYellow[0m [34mBlue[0m [35mMagenta[0m [36mCyan[0m
- Bold:    [1;31mRed[0m [1;32mGreen[0m [1;33mYellow[0m [1;34mBlue[0m [1;35mMagenta[0m [1;36mCyan[0m
- Dimmed:  [2;31mRed[0m [2;32mGreen[0m [2;33mYellow[0m [2;34mBlue[0m [2;35mMagenta[0m [2;36mCyan[0m

256 colors (showing colors 160-177):
[38;5;160m160 [38;5;161m161 [38;5;162m162 [38;5;163m163 [38;5;164m164 [38;5;165m165[0m
[38;5;166m166 [38;5;167m167 [38;5;168m168 [38;5;169m169 [38;5;170m170 [38;5;171m171[0m
[38;5;172m172 [38;5;173m173 [38;5;174m174 [38;5;175m175 [38;5;176m176 [38;5;177m177[0m

Full RGB colors:
[38;2;34;139;34mForestGreen - RGB(34, 139, 34)[0m

Text formatting: [1mBold[0m [2mDimmed[0m [3mItalic[0m [4mUnderline[0m
```

### Editor & Terminal Frames

[Editor & Terminal Frames](https://expressive-code.com/key-features/frames/)

#### Code editor frames

```js title="my-test-file.js"
console.log('Title attribute example')
```

---

```html
<!-- src/content/index.html -->
<div>File name comment example</div>
```

#### Terminal frames

```bash
echo "This terminal frame has no title"
```

---

```powershell title="PowerShell terminal example"
Write-Output "This one has a title!"
```

#### Overriding frame types

```sh frame="none"
echo "Look ma, no frame!"
```

---

```ps frame="code" title="PowerShell Profile.ps1"
# Without overriding, this would be a terminal frame
function Watch-Tail { Get-Content -Tail 20 -Wait $args }
New-Alias tail Watch-Tail
```

### Text & Line Markers

[Text & Line Markers](https://expressive-code.com/key-features/text-markers/)

#### Marking full lines & line ranges

```js {1, 4, 7-8}
// Line 1 - targeted by line number
// Line 2
// Line 3
// Line 4 - targeted by line number
// Line 5
// Line 6
// Line 7 - targeted by range "7-8"
// Line 8 - targeted by range "7-8"
```

#### Selecting line marker types (mark, ins, del)

```js title="line-markers.js" del={2} ins={3-4} {6}
function demo() {
  console.log('this line is marked as deleted')
  // This line and the next one are marked as inserted
  console.log('this is the second inserted line')

  return 'this line uses the neutral default marker type'
}
```

#### Adding labels to line markers

```jsx {"1":5} del={"2":7-8} ins={"3":10-12}
// labeled-line-markers.jsx
<button
  role="button"
  {...props}
  value={value}
  className={buttonClassName}
  disabled={disabled}
  active={active}
>
  {children &&
    !active &&
    (typeof children === 'string' ? <span>{children}</span> : children)}
</button>
```

#### Adding long labels on their own lines

```jsx {"1. Provide the value prop here:":5-6} del={"2. Remove the disabled and active states:":8-10} ins={"3. Add this to render the children inside the button:":12-15}
// labeled-line-markers.jsx
<button
  role="button"
  {...props}

  value={value}
  className={buttonClassName}

  disabled={disabled}
  active={active}
>

  {children &&
    !active &&
    (typeof children === 'string' ? <span>{children}</span> : children)}
</button>
```

#### Using diff-like syntax

```diff
+this line will be marked as inserted
-this line will be marked as deleted
this is a regular line
```

---

```diff
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+this is an actual diff file
-all contents will remain unmodified
 no whitespace will be removed either
```

#### Combining syntax highlighting with diff-like syntax

```diff lang="js"
  function thisIsJavaScript() {
    // This entire block gets highlighted as JavaScript,
    // and we can still add diff markers to it!
-   console.log('Old code to be removed')
+   console.log('New and shiny code!')
  }
```

#### Marking individual text inside lines

```js "given text"
function demo() {
  // Mark any given text inside lines
  return 'Multiple matches of the given text are supported';
}
```

#### Regular expressions

```ts /ye[sp]/
console.log('The words yes and yep will be marked.')
```

#### Escaping forward slashes

```sh /\/ho.*\//
echo "Test" > /home/test.txt
```

#### Selecting inline marker types (mark, ins, del)

```js "return true;" ins="inserted" del="deleted"
function demo() {
  console.log('These are inserted and deleted marker types');
  // The return statement uses the default marker type
  return true;
}
```

### Word Wrap

[Word Wrap](https://expressive-code.com/key-features/word-wrap/)

#### Configuring word wrap per block

```js wrap
// Example with wrap
function getLongString() {
  return 'This is a very long string that will most probably not fit into the available space unless the container is extremely wide'
}
```

---

```js wrap=false
// Example with wrap=false
function getLongString() {
  return 'This is a very long string that will most probably not fit into the available space unless the container is extremely wide'
}
```

#### Configuring indentation of wrapped lines

```js wrap preserveIndent
// Example with preserveIndent (enabled by default)
function getLongString() {
  return 'This is a very long string that will most probably not fit into the available space unless the container is extremely wide'
}
```

---

```js wrap preserveIndent=false
// Example with preserveIndent=false
function getLongString() {
  return 'This is a very long string that will most probably not fit into the available space unless the container is extremely wide'
}
```

## Collapsible Sections

[Collapsible Sections](https://expressive-code.com/plugins/collapsible-sections/)

```js collapse={1-5, 12-14, 21-24}
// All this boilerplate setup code will be collapsed
import { someBoilerplateEngine } from '@example/some-boilerplate'
import { evenMoreBoilerplate } from '@example/even-more-boilerplate'

const engine = someBoilerplateEngine(evenMoreBoilerplate())

// This part of the code will be visible by default
engine.doSomething(1, 2, 3, calcFn)

function calcFn() {
  // You can have multiple collapsed sections
  const a = 1
  const b = 2
  const c = a + b

  // This will remain visible
  console.log(`Calculation result: ${a} + ${b} = ${c}`)
  return c
}

// All this code until the end of the block will be collapsed again
engine.closeConnection()
engine.freeMemory()
engine.shutdown({ reason: 'End of example boilerplate code' })
```

## Line Numbers

[Line Numbers](https://expressive-code.com/plugins/line-numbers/)

### Displaying line numbers per block

```js showLineNumbers
// This code block will show line numbers
console.log('Greetings from line 2!')
console.log('I am on line 3')
```

---

```js showLineNumbers=false
// Line numbers are disabled for this block
console.log('Hello?')
console.log('Sorry, do you know what line I am on?')
```

### Changing the starting line number

```js showLineNumbers startLineNumber=5
console.log('Greetings from line 5!')
console.log('I am on line 6')
```