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SyntaxHighlight

Syntax-highlight a code string

Contributed by: Wolfram Staff

ResourceFunction["SyntaxHighlight"][code,lang]

gives the string for code with syntax highlighting corresponding to the language lang.

Details and Options

ResourceFunction["SyntaxHighlight"][string,…] passes the code string to the Python package Pygments for processing in an external session.

ResourceFunction["SyntaxHighlight"] requires Python, which can be installed with SystemInstall["Python"].

The produced syntax highlighting is only as good as the corresponding lexer used by the Pygments package.

Generate a syntax-highlighted version of a Python package:

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Highlight a snippet of C code:

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Highlight a snippet of Java code:

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Highlight a snippet of code from a Wolfram Language package:

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SyntaxHighlight fails if the Pygments Python package is not installed:

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Run the same command after installing Pygments:

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