Trying to publish "<" and ">" literally

I am trying to publish via MATLABs publishing tool. I'd like to publish "<asdf qwer>" literally (without the double quotes) but MATLAB keeps turning the expression into a link. I try to use an escape character (i.e. \<asdf qwer\>) and the escape character is printed . How to I literally publish "<asdf qwer>" with an escape character that will not appear?

[per isakson]

Don't think it is possible. I sometimes add a spaces, "< asdf qwer >"

Answer 1

[Zhuohe Liu]

Replace < and > using HTML entity names: &lt;asdf qwer&gt;

In fact, you may just replace one of them: &lt;asdf qwer>

[Dan]

I've accepted this answer without validating it ... but it seems to make sense.

Answer 2

[Walter Roberson]

try <asdf qwer>