Error: unexpected '*' in "*" for both lists and italics in R markdown

RStudio IDE
1

I keep getting errors when trying to do simple things like make italics:
Error: unexpected '' in ""

italic

Or when making lists like this:
Input:

## Unordered List 
* Item 1
* Item 2
    + Item 2a
    + Item 2b

Output when running chunk:
Error: unexpected '' in ""

Unordered List

  • Item 1

Even simple workarounds like adding a space don't work:

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What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance! I am very new to R and R studio and taking a coursera course in it currently!

2

You should not use formatted text inside of code blocks.

3

I didn't, it formatted it automatically in the post. If you look at the picture I included, you'll see it better

4

In your image, I see line 34 is
```{r}
which starts a code block. Below that, I see the formatting for an Unordered list. That is what I mean by using formatted text inside of code blocks. Remove lines 34 and 41 which define the code block and your unordered list should work.

5

Awesome, that worked! Thanks for your help!