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 ext install prettier-vscode
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-:warning: A word of warning-if you have any other code formatting extensions installed such as for example hugely popular `HookyQR.beautify` or `taichi.react-beautify` they might take precedence and format your code instead of Prettier leading to unexpected results.
+⚠ A word of warning-if you have any other code formatting extensions installed such as for example hugely popular `HookyQR.beautify` or `taichi.react-beautify` they might take precedence and format your code instead of Prettier leading to unexpected results.
 
 ## Usage