How to escape a # in velocity

I would like to know how can i escape a # in velocity. Backslash seems to escape it but it prints itself as well

This:

\#\#

prints:

\#\#

I would like:

##

From stackoverflow Sergio del Amo

• Maybe, the following site helps? http://velocity.apache.org/tools/releases/1.4/generic/EscapeTool.html

  From Thomas

• Add the esc tool to your toolbox and then you can use ${esc.hash}

  From Sergio del Amo

• If you don't want to bother with the EscapeTool, you can do this:

  set( $H = '#' )

  $H$H

  From Nathan Bubna