[mkl]

You should put spaces around your asterisks so they don't make italics (or use ×).

[CurtMonash]

Thanks. I generally have formatting problem on this site, so I appreciate all the help I can get.

It's fixed or at least improved now.

[zamber]

Take a look at https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc

Note that code blocks are painful to read on mobile so don't overuse it on text with ridiculously long lines.