Markdown Reference

• markdown cheatsheets

A quick and greatly truncated reference guide for Markdown.

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Linking

Formating

This is a paragraph with **bolded** text.

This is another paragraph with *emphasized* text.

This is `inline code` in this paragraph.

This is a paragraph with bolded text.

This is another paragraph with emphasized text.

This is inline code in this paragraph.

Block Quotes

A block quote example:

> **This is a block quote.** Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur 
> adipiscing elit. Cras mattis consectetur purus sit amet fermentum.
>

> > **With a sub-block quote.** Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur 
> > adipiscing elit. Cras mattis consectetur purus sit amet fermentum.
>
> — mgemmill

Some post block information.

A block quote example:

This is a block quote. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Cras mattis consectetur purus sit amet fermentum.

With a sub-block quote. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Cras mattis consectetur purus sit amet fermentum.

— mgemmill

Some post block information.

Headers

# Header h1
## Header h2
### Header h3
#### Header h4
##### Header h5
###### Header h6

Header h1

Header h2

Header h3

Header h4

Header h5
Header h6

Code

A code block:


    def python_code_sample():
        print "Uses hightlight.js to get the syntax right."

A code block:

def python_code_sample():
    print "Uses hightlight.js to get the syntax right."

Lists

Use `*`, `-` or `+` to make a standard unordered html list:

* apple
* orange
* banana

Use numbers to make an ordered html list:

1. Wendy
2. Jane
3. Isabel

Use *, - or + to make a standard unordered html list:

  • apple
  • orange
  • banana

Use numbers to make an ordered html list:

  1. Wendy
  2. Jane
  3. Isabel

Miscellaneous

Use 3 or more * or - or _ characters in a row - on a line by themselves - to create a rule. They can have spaces between them.

rules made with `*`:

***
* * *
* * * * * *

rules made with `-`:

---
- - -
- - - - - -

rules made with `_`:

___
_ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _

rules made with *:

rules made with -:

rules made with _: