Title: How do I specify R code?
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# How do I specify R code?

 *  Resolved [Widmere](https://wordpress.org/support/users/widmere/)
 * (@widmere)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-specify-r-code/)
 * I don’t seem to be able to get R code recognized. I type in:
 * [r]x <- 2[/r]
 * and it displays exactly that—the short codes are visible.
 * Plugin is working as [css] works.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [viper007bond](https://wordpress.org/support/users/viper007bond/)
 * (@viper007bond)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-specify-r-code/#post-5695122)
 * `[r]` is disabled because it’s so short.
 * Use `[code lang="r"]blah[/code]` instead.

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-specify-r-code/#post-5695122)
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