How to escape pipe (|) symbol while writing markdown tables

Question

I want to show pipe (|) symbol in one of the column's data, but when i simply write (|) markdown considering it as a separate column.

Karthik Divi · Accepted Answer

Use HTML Character code ```&#124;``` instead of Pipe ```|``` symbol like below

```
|Name|Age|
|---|---|
| Foo | 23 |
|Bar &#124; xyz| 23 |
```

This results in following

|Name|Age|
|---|---|
| Foo | 23 |
|Bar &#124; xyz| 23 |

Name	Age
Foo	23
Bar \| xyz	23

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