Markdown Cheat Sheet

Markdown Cheat Sheet

What is Markdown ?

Markdown is a lightweight markup language used to create formatted text, typically for publishing on the internet.

It’s extension is .md

We are going to discuss about Basic Syntax :

Basic Syntax

  • Heading

Syntax:

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

Output:

Heading level 1

Heading level 2

Heading level 3

Heading level 4

Heading level 5
Heading level 6

  • Bold

Syntax:

**bold text**
__bold text__

Output:

bold text

bold text


  • Italic

Syntax:

 *Italic text*
_Italic text_

Output:

Italic text

Italic text


  • Blockquotes

Syntax:

> This is blockquote sentence.

Output:

This is blockquotes sentence.


Lists

-Ordered Lists

Syntax:

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

Output:

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

-Unordered Lists

Syntax:

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

Output:

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

-Images

Syntax:

![Alt text](URL or file path)

Example :-

![Sonny and Mariel high fiving.](https://community-challenge/highfive.gif)

Output:

Sonny and Mariel high fiving.


-Links

Syntax:

To create a link, enclose the link text in brackets (e.g., [Google]) and then follow it immediately with the URL in parentheses (e.g., (https://google.com)).

Example:-

My favorite search engine is [Google](https://google.com).

Output:

My favorite search engine is Google.

-Code

Syntax:

```python
print("Hello")
```

Output:

print("Hello")

-Table

Syntax:

|Header 1 |Header 2  | Header 3|
|--- | --- | ---|
|data 1|data 2|data 3|
|data 4|data 5|data 6|

Output:

Header 1Header 2Header 3
data 1data 2data 3
data 4data 5data 6