Mastering Markdown

2020, June 18

#markdown

Markdown is a lightweight and plain-text-formatting syntax markup language for styling documents such as README files and writing message in discussion forums. Mostly, Markdown is just regular text with special characters throws such as # or * to control the format.

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Basic Syntax

Following are the basic syntax used in Markdown.

Header

# This is an H1 tag
## This is an H2 tag
### This is an H3 tag
#### This is an H4 tag
##### This is an H5 tag
###### This is an H6 tag

Result

This is an H1 tag

This is an H2 tag

This is an H3 tag

This is an H4 tag

This is an H5 tag
This is an H6 tag

Emphasis

*This text will be italic*
_This will also be italic_

**This text will be bold**
__This will also be bold__

_You **can** combine them_

Result

This text will be italic

This will also be italic

This text will be bold

This will also be bold

You can combine them

List

Unordered

* Item 1
* Item 2

Result

  • Item 1
  • Item 2

Ordered

1. Item 1
2. Item 2

Result

  1. Item 1
  2. Item 2

Image

![Google Logo](url)
## Format: ![Alt text](URL)

Result

Google Logo

Link

[Google](http://google.com)

Result

Google

Blockquote

> We're living the future so
> the present is our past.

Result

We're living the future so the present is our past.

Inline Code

`CTRL` + `C`

Result

CTRL + C

Code block

# backtick
'''javascript
function fancyAlert(arg) {
  if(arg) {
    $.facebox({div:'#foo'})
  }
}
'''

Result

function fancyAlert(arg) {
  if (arg) {
    $.facebox({ div: "#foo" });
  }
}

Horizontal rule

---

Result

References


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