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Recently I made a typo when posting to fortran-lang-discourse and sent a correction. I was told I could have edited the original post. Can this be done after sending it? I can’t see how to.

I had put ** (asterisk asterisk) in a post about Fortran e.g. x**n but when I saw it afterwards the asterisks had disappeared and instead some unwanted bold type had appeared. How do I refer to exponentiation in a discourse about Fortran?

Yes, it’s possible to edit after you send it. I don’t know if it is allowed for all users, but I can see a pencil icon that you can click on and it allows you to edit your post: