# Test coding, sorta

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**Created:** [February 4, 2008, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-coding-sorta/436167 "2008-02-04T03:56:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-coding-sorta/436167/1 "2008-02-04T03:56:15Z")

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[I just wanted to see if putting a sentence in square brackets makes it invisible in mouse-over.]  
{Ha!It works with square brackets, let’s see if these work too.}  
(How about these?)  
Nope, only square ones.

So, anyone wanting to hide the begining of a post from mouse over, just needs to put it in plain, square brackets!