Markdown-Examples

Markdown Examples

Markdown Cheat Sheet and Snippets, ready to copy-paste into your documents.

This Markdown cheat sheet provides a quick overview of all the Markdown syntax elements. It can’t cover every edge case, so if you need more information about any of these elements, refer to the reference guides for basic syntax and extended syntax.

Basic Syntax

These are the elements outlined in John Gruber’s original design document. All Markdown applications support these elements.

Heading

Source: 

# Heading1
## Heading2
### Heading3

Result:

H1

H2

H3

Bold

Source:

**bold text**

Result:

bold text

Italic

Source:

*italicized text*

italicized text

Blockquote

Source:

> blockquote

Result:

blockquote

Ordered List

Source: 

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

Result:

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

Unordered List

Source: 

- First item
- Second item
- Third item

Result:

Code

Source: 

`code`

Result:

code

Horizontal Rule

Source:

---

Result:

(yes, again!)

Link

Source:

[DocMD Website](https://docmd.us)

Result:

DocMD Website

Image

Source:

![alt text](https://docmd.us/static/img/logo.png)

Result:

alt text

Extended Syntax

These elements extend the basic syntax by adding additional features. Not all Markdown applications support these elements.

Table

Source: 

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

Result:

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

Fenced Code Block

Source:

{ "firstName": "John", "lastName": "Smith", "age": 25 }

Result:

{ "firstName": "John", "lastName": "Smith", "age": 25 }

Footnote

Source:

Here's a sentence with a footnote. [^1]

[^1]: This is the footnote.

Result:

Here's a sentence with a footnote. [^1]

[^1]: This is the footnote.

Heading ID

Source:

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

Result:

My Great Heading {#custom-id}

Definition List

Source: 

term
: definition

Result:

term : definition

Strikethrough

Source:

~~The world is flat.~~

Result:

~~The world is flat.~~

Task List

Source: 

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

Result:

Emoji

Source:

That is so funny! :joy:

Result:

That is so funny! :joy:

(See also Copying and Pasting Emoji)

Highlight

Source:

I need to highlight these ==very important words==.

Result:

I need to highlight these ==very important words==.

Subscript

Source:

H~2~O

Result:

H~2~O

Superscript

Source:

X^2^

Result:

X^2^

References

This page is strongly inspired by and based on The Markdown Guide, who we thank warmly ;)

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