var a = 'hello';
console.log(a + ' world');
echo "hello, ${WORLD}"
Q: What do you call a tall person who sells stolen goods?
A longfence!

How about an empty code block?

How about a code block with only an empty line?


With some trailing empty lines:

ciao


Closing fences must lay on a new line:

hello()
^```
"this should still be in the code block!"