title: How to escape the (hash) # sign in a GitHub markdown header? (backslash is not working)
body: <p>I have the following code on a <code>README.md</code> file on GitHub, where I am trying to display the hash sign on a header (I am trying to escape it using the <code>\</code> symbol) like so:</p>
  <pre><code>### C\#
  * [Beginning Game Programming with C#](https://www.coursera.org/course/gameprogramming)
  </code></pre>
  <p>However it renders like so:</p>
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/NPhKb.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/NPhKb.png" alt="Not good" /></a></p>
  <p>I obviously want the hash sign to appear on the header, and I also tried to use a double backslash, but it didn't work. How do I get the pound sign to appear?</p>
  <p><strong>EDIT</strong>: the linked question deals with GitHub links, my question is to do with headers on a <code>.md</code> file.</p>