Instead of <p>{....the sample data...}</p> you should have used <code>{....the sample data....}</code> so that you would get code formatting instead of paragraph formatting. Code formatting leaves [...] constructs alone, whereas paragraph formatting attempts to turn them into links. See Writeup Formatting Tips.

As an example, This is enwrapped in code tags: <code>$foo[$bar]</code>. And this is not: $foo$bar. See the difference in how they're rendered?

Can you post the code you've started with so we can assist you in massaging it into a workable solution?