Markdown syntax guide

Every piece of Markdown syntax, with the source and the result side by side

📌 Headings

The number of # characters sets the level, from H1 down to H6.

Markdown source

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

Result

Heading 1

Heading 2

Heading 3

Heading 4

Heading 5

Heading 6

✏️ Emphasis

Asterisks (*) or underscores (_) give you bold, italic, and strikethrough.

Markdown source

**bold** or __bold__
*italic* or _italic_
***bold and italic***
~~strikethrough~~

Result

bold or bold

italic or italic

bold and italic

~~strikethrough~~

🔗 Links

Link text goes in square brackets, the URL in parentheses.

Markdown source

[Go to EasyMD](https://easy-md.com)
[A relative link](/en/guide)
[A link with a title](https://example.com "Tooltip text")

Result

Go to EasyMD

A relative link

A link with a title

🖼️ Images

Put an exclamation mark (!) in front of the link syntax and you get an image.

Markdown source

![alt text](image-url)
![EasyMD logo](https://easy-md.com/logo.svg)

Result

The image is loaded from the URL and displayed.
The alt text is what screen readers announce, and what appears if the image fails to load.

💻 Code

One backtick (`) for inline code, three for a code block.

Markdown source

`inline code`

```javascript
const greet = (name) => {
  return `Hello, ${name}!`;
};
```

```python
def greet(name):
    return f"Hello, {name}!"
```

Result

inline code

const greet = (name) => {
  return `Hello, ${name}!`;
};

def greet(name):
    return f"Hello, {name}!"

📊 Tables

Pipes (|) and hyphens (-) build the table. Where you put the colon (:) sets the column alignment.

Markdown source

| Name | Age | Role |
|:-----|:----:|-----:|
| Alex | 28 | Developer |
| Sam | 32 | Designer |

Result

Name	Age	Role
Alex	28	Developer
Sam	32	Designer

💡 :--- left / :---: centre / ---: right

☑️ Task lists

To-do lists in the GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM) style.

Markdown source

- [x] A finished item
- [ ] An unfinished item
- [x] Learn Markdown
- [ ] Write a document in EasyMD

Result

A finished item
An unfinished item
Learn Markdown
Write a document in EasyMD

💬 Blockquotes

An angle bracket (>) makes a quote, and they can be nested.

Markdown source

> This is a quote.
> It can run over several lines.
>
>> And quotes can be nested.

Result

This is a quote.
It can run over several lines.

And quotes can be nested.

➖ Horizontal rules

Three or more hyphens (-), asterisks (*), or underscores (_) on their own line.

Markdown source

---
***
___

Result

📝 Lists

Markdown source

Unordered list:
- Apple
- Banana
  - A nested item
- Cherry

Ordered list:
1. First
2. Second
3. Third

Result

Unordered list:

Apple
Banana
- A nested item
Cherry

Ordered list:

First
Second
Third

🚀 Put it straight to use

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