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Table of contents

Headings

Use number signs to define headings. Number of number sign defines the level of the heading.

Line Breaks

Add two or more space at the end of the line for line breaker (br)

First line (space)(space)  
Second line

Bold, Italic & Strikethrough

Use:

• 01 asterisk to italicize words
• 02 asterisks to bold words
• 03 asterisks to bold and italicize words at the same time
• 02 tildes to strikethrough text

Blockquotes, Code and Pre

Use:

• Put greater sign (>) at the begining of a paragraph to create a blockquotes

> This is a blockquotes 

Result

This is a blockquotes

• Use single backtick to put words inside inline code

This is `inline code`

Result

This is inline code

• Use triple backticks to create a pre block

    ```
    # No language indicated -> no syntax highlighting
    def func1():
    '''Function 1'''
        do_it()
    ```  

Result

# No language indicated -> no syntax highlighting
def func1():
'''Function 1'''
    do_it()

Another pre block with syntax specified

    ```python
    # A block of Python code -> Python syntax highlighting
    def func2():
    '''Function 2'''
        do_it()
    ```  

Result

# A block of Python code -> Python syntax highlighting
def func2():
'''Function 2'''
    do_it()

Colors

Markdown doesn’t support color, we need to use inline HTML inside markdown.

I am <span style="color:red"> the **RED** text</span>

Result

I am the RED text

Tables

By default, tables in markdown are left aligned. You can control the column alignment using colons (:) putting at the head of the column.

|   Column default    |   Column centered    |  Column Right-aligned    |
|---------------------|:--------------------:|-------------------------:|
|   I am left aligned | I am centered        |  I am right-aligned      |
| Col1                | col2                 | col3                     |
| `hey`               | 100                  | $150                     |

Result

• Please have at least 3 dashes between each table header
• Put at least 1 space between the content of the column and separate signs (pipes)

Images and Links

Images with title

![alt-text](/images/logo.png "The markdown image with title")

Result (hover the image to see the text appears)

Link with title (text on hover)

[This is a link](/cheatsheets/markdown-cheatsheet/ "The markdown link with title")

Result (hover the link to see the text appears)

This is a link

Horizontal Lines

To draw a horizontal line in markdown we can use:

• 03 hyphens (-)
• 03 asterisks (*)
• 03 underscores (_)

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Result

Lists

Ordered list

1. Item
2. Item  
    2.1. Sub-item  
    > What about adding a blockquotes here
    2.1. Sub-Item  
3. Item

Result

1. Item
2. Item
   2.1. Sub-item

   What about adding a blockquotes here 2.1. Sub-Item

3. Item

Un-ordered list

- Item
* Item
    - Sub-item
    > What about adding a blockquotes here
    * Sub-item
+ Item

Result

• Item
• Item
  • Sub-item

    What about adding a blockquotes here

  • Sub-item
• Item

Footnotes

Please noted that the footnotes will be put at the end of the page automatically.

I will add a footnote [^1] in this sentence[^thecode].

[^1]: This is the footnote  
[^thecode]: Wow, i think this gonna be a long code.  
    You need to indent the text to include them into the footnote
    ```python
    def f1():
        hey()
    ```
    End of the long code here

Result

I will add a footnote ¹ in this sentence².

Task Lists

- [x] I've done this  
- [ ] Note done yet  

Result

• I’ve done this
• Note done yet

Escaping Characters

In Markdown, the escaping charater is a backslash ( \ ). Put a backslash in front of the literal character.

* Will be a list item  
\* Will not be converted to an unordered list item

Result

• Will be a list item
  * Will not be converted to an unordered list item