markdown.md

Markdown

Markdown is a text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers. Markdown allows you to write using an easy-to-read, easy-to-write plain text format, then convert it to structurally valid XHTML (or HTML).

Documentation: Markdown Docs RFC: RFC 7763 GitHub Documentation: Writing Markdown on GitHub

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Cheat-Sheet

Headings

# Heading 1
## Heading 2
### Heading 3
#### Heading 4
##### Heading 5
###### Heading 6

Here is a heading: # Heading, don't do this: #Heading

Emphasis

Emphasis, aka italics, with *asterisks* or _underscores_.

Strong emphasis, aka bold, with **asterisks** or __underscores__.

Combined emphasis with **asterisks and _underscores_**.

Strikethrough uses two tildes. ~~Scratch this.~~

Line Breaks

First line with two spaces after.  
And the next line.

Lists

Ordered Lists

1. First item
2. Second item
3. Third item

Unordered Lists

- First item
- Second item
- Third item

Links

Link with text: [link-text](https://www.google.com)

Images

Image with alt text: ![alt-text](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/4d89cd791580bfb19080f8b0844ba7e1235aa4becc3f43dfd708a769e257d8de/68747470733a2f2f636e642d70726f642d312e73332e75732d776573742d3030342e6261636b626c617a6562322e636f6d2f6e65772d62616e6e6572342d7363616c65642d666f722d6769746875622e6a7067)

Image without alt text: ![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/4d89cd791580bfb19080f8b0844ba7e1235aa4becc3f43dfd708a769e257d8de/68747470733a2f2f636e642d70726f642d312e73332e75732d776573742d3030342e6261636b626c617a6562322e636f6d2f6e65772d62616e6e6572342d7363616c65642d666f722d6769746875622e6a7067)

Code Blocks

Inline Code Block

Inline `code` has `back-ticks around` it.

Blocks of Code

```javascript
var s = "JavaScript syntax highlighting";
alert(s);
```
 
```python
s = "Python syntax highlighting"
print s
```
 
```
No language indicated, so no syntax highlighting. 
But let's throw in a tag.
```

Tables

There must be at least 3 dashes separating each header cell. The outer pipes (|) are optional, and you don't need to make the raw Markdown line up prettily.

| Heading 1 | Heading 2 | Heading 3 |
|---|---|---|
| col1 | col2 | col3 |
| col1 | col2 | col3 |