Latex formula with |-symbol is not working

[Brechtvsk]

I'm trying to add a simpla math formula using mathjax syntax in my markdown description of my exercise. Yet dodona renders the $ signs as is and it is not translated to math.

[bmesuere]

Hi @Brechtvsk, can you give me the link to the exercise?

[Brechtvsk]

@bmesuere this is the link to the exercise series
https://dodona.be/nl/courses/4573/series/53355/activities/1603648905/
this is the link to the exercise itself
https://dodona.be/nl/activities/1603648905/
The exercise is private, so I hope you can access it anyway.

[bmesuere]

This seems to be due to a known issue in kramdown, the converter we use to convert markdown to html. What happens is that the | symbol in your equation triggers an html table to be created which then messes up the latex conversion. The suggested workaround is to use \vert instead of | in your formula.