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Markdown Syntax (Cheatsheet)

This Markdown cheat sheet provides a quick overview of all the Markdown syntax elements.

Headings

<h1>Heading 1</h1>
<h2>Heading 2</h2>
<h3>Heading 3</h3>
<h4>Heading 4</h4>
<h5>Heading 5</h5>
<h6>Heading 6</h6>

Text Sytles

Normal

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Bold

**The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.**
__The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.__
<strong>The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.</strong>

Italic

*The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.*
_The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog._
<em>The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.</em>

Bold and Italic

**_The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog._**
<strong><em>The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.</em></strong>

Blockquotes

> The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

<br>

> The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
>
> The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
>
> The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

<br>

> The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
>> The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
>>> The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

<br>

> **The quick brown fox** *jumps over the lazy dog.*

Monospaced

<samp>The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.</samp>

Underlined

<ins>The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.</ins>

Strike-through

~~The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.~~

Boxed

<table><tr><td>The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.</td></tr></table>

Subscript

log<sub>2</sub>(x)
Subscript <sub>The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.</sub>

Superscript

2 <sup>53-1</sup> and -2 <sup>53-1</sup>
Superscript <sup>The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.</sup>

Multiline

The quick\
brown fox\
jumps over\
the lazy dog.

Syntax Highlighting

Inline code

Code block

public static String monthNames[] = {"January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"};
## git diff a/test.txt b/test.txt
diff --git a/a/test.txt b/b/test.txt
index 309ee57..c995021 100644
--- a/a/test.txt
+++ b/b/test.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
+The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy cat

Alignments

Left

<h4 align="left"> My latest Medium posts </h4>

My latest Medium posts

Center

<h4 align="center"> My latest Medium posts </h4>

My latest Medium posts

<h4 align="right"> My latest Medium posts </h4>

My latest Medium posts

Tables

| Name   | Comment                                                                 |
|:-------|:------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Alice  | Always involved in various communications                               |
| Bob    | A good guy, who likes to communicate with Alice                         |
| Malroy | Not so nice guy. Tries to mess with the communication of Alice and Bob. |
NameComment
AliceAlways involved in various communications
BobA good guy, who likes to communicate with Alice
MalroyNot so nice guy. Tries to mess with the communication of Alice and Bob.

Inline

[The-Ultimate-Markdown-Cheat-Sheet](https://github.com/lifeparticle/Markdown-Cheatsheet)

Reference

[The-Ultimate-Markdown-Cheat-Sheet][reference text]

[The-Ultimate-Markdown-Cheat-Sheet][1]

[Markdown-Cheat-Sheet]

[reference text]: https://github.com/lifeparticle/Markdown-Cheatsheet
[1]: https://github.com/lifeparticle/Markdown-Cheatsheet
[Markdown-Cheat-Sheet]: https://github.com/lifeparticle/Markdown-Cheatsheet

Images

Badges

Lists

Buttons

Collapsible Items

Horizontal Rule

Diagrams

Mathematical Expressions

Alerts

Mention People and Teams

Color Models

View Code

Code in Titles

Reference Labels

Miscellaneous

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/project/wiki/markdown-guidance

MDX

Tools

External References

https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown

https://www.markdownguide.org/

https://docs.codeberg.org/markdown/

https://codepen.io/brandonhimpfen/pen/eYZRyOj

https://github.com/lifeparticle/Markdown-Cheatsheet

Datacamp_Markdown_Cheat_Sheet.pdf