What is Markdown?

Markdown is a way to style text on the web. You control the display of the document; formatting words as bold or italic, adding images, and creating lists are just a few of the things we can do with Markdown.

Table of Contents

• Headings

• Line Breaks

• Emphasis

• BlockQuotes

• Lists

• Code Blocks

• Footnotes

• Heading IDs

• Definition Lists

• Task Lists

• Images

• Tables

Headings

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

Output-

Heading 1

Heading 2

Heading 3

Heading 4

Heading 5

Heading 6

Line Breaks

Line 1
<br>
Line 2

Output -

Line 1


Line 2

Emphasis

Bold

I love **bold text**.
I love __bold text__.
Love**is**bold

Output
I love bold text.
I love bold text.
Love*is*bold

Italic

this is *italics text*
this is _italics text_
thisis*italics*text

Output-
this is italics text
this is italics text
thisis*italics*text

Strikethrough

~~The world is flat.~~ We now know that the world is round.

Output -

The world is flat. We now know that the world is round.

Blockquotes

Single Line

> This is a Single line Blockquote

Output-

This is a Single line Blockquote

Blockquotes with Multiple Paragraphs

> This the first paragraph.
>
> And this is the second paragraph.

Output-

This the first paragraph.

And this is the second paragraph.

Nested Blockquotes

> This the first paragraph.
>
>> And this is the nested paragraph.

Output-

This the first paragraph.

And this is the nested paragraph.

Lists

Ordered Lists

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

1. First item
1. Second item
1. Third item
1. Fourth item

1. First item
8. Second item
3. Third item
5. Fourth item

Output-

1. First item
2. Second item
3. Third item
4. Fourth item
5. First item
6. Second item
7. Third item
8. Fourth item
9. First item
10. Second item
11. Third item
12. Fourth item

Nesting List Items

1. First item
2. Second item
3. Third item
    1. Indented item
    2. Indented item
4. Fourth item

Output-

1. First item
2. Second item
3. Third item
   1. Indented item
   2. Indented item
4. Fourth item

Unordered Lists

- First item
- Second item
- Third item
- Fourth item

* First item
* Second item
* Third item
* Fourth item

+ First item
* Second item
- Third item
+ Fourth it

Output-

• First item
• Second item
• Third item
• Fourth item
• First item
• Second item
• Third item
• Fourth item
• First item
• Second item
• Third item
• Fourth item

Code Blocks

Enclose any code in (

```) signs

md
eg-
{
  "firstName": "John",
  "lastName": "Smith",
  "age": 25
}

Footnotes

md
Here's a simple footnote,[^1] and here's a longer one.[^bignote]

Output-
Here's a simple footnote,<sup>1</sup> and here's a longer one.<sup>2</sup>

Heading IDs

md
### My Great Heading {#custom-id}

Linking to Heading IDs

md
[Heading IDs]
(#heading-ids)

Definition Lists

md
First Term
: This is the definition of the first term.

Second Term
: This is one definition of the second term.
: This is another definition of the second term.

Output-

First Term
: This is the definition of the first term.

Second Term
: This is one definition of the second term.
: This is another definition of the second term.

Task Lists

md
- [x] Write the press release
- [ ] Update the website
- [ ] Contact the media

Output-

• [x] Write the press release
• [ ] Update the website
• [ ] Contact the media

Images

md
![Markdown Logo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Markdown-mark.svg/1280px-Markdown-mark.svg.png)

Output-

Tables

md
| Syntax      | Description |
| ----------- | ----------- |
| Header      | Title       |
| Paragraph   | Text        |

Output-

1. This is the first footnote. ↩

2. Here's one with multiple paragraphs and code. ↩

   Indent paragraphs to include them in the footnote.

   { my code }

   Add as many paragraphs as you like.