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• Markdown Cheatsheet

Quick Markdown Syntax Reference

Need a refresher on Markdown? Here's a handy cheat sheet for the most common syntax!

• Headings: Use # for <h1>, ## for <h2>, and so on, up to ###### for <h6>.

  ```markdown

  This is an H1

  This is an H2

  This is an H3

  ```

• Emphasis:

  • Italic text: Surround with single asterisks (*) or underscores (_). markdown *This text will be italic* _This text will also be italic_
  • Bold text: Surround with double asterisks (**) or underscores (__). markdown **This text will be bold** __This text will also be bold__
  • Bold and italic text: Surround with triple asterisks (***) or underscores (___). markdown ***This text will be bold and italic*** ___This text will also be bold and italic___
  • ~~Strikethrough~~ text: Surround with double tildes (~~). markdown ~~This text will be strikethrough~~

• Lists:

  • Unordered lists: Use asterisks (*), plus signs (+), or hyphens (-) followed by a space. ```markdown

    • Item 1
    • Item 2
    • Item 3 ``` Renders as:
    • Item 1
    • Item 2
    • Item 3

  • Ordered lists: Use numbers followed by a period and a space. ```markdown

    1. First item
    2. Second item
    3. Third item ``` Renders as:
    4. First item
    5. Second item
    6. Third item

• Links: Use square brackets for the link text and parentheses for the URL. You can optionally add a title in quotes after the URL.

  markdown [Click here to visit Google](https://www.google.com "Google's Homepage") Renders as: Click here to visit Google

• Images: Similar to links, but with an exclamation mark (!) at the beginning. The alt text goes in the square brackets.

  markdown ![Alt text for the image](https://via.placeholder.com/150 "Image Title") Renders as:

• Blockquotes: Use the greater-than sign (>).

  ```markdown

  This is a blockquote. It can span multiple lines. You can even have nested blockquotes:

  This is a nested blockquote. ``` Renders as:

  This is a blockquote. It can span multiple lines. You can even have nested blockquotes:

  This is a nested blockquote.

• Inline code: Surround code with backticks (`).

  markdown The `printf()` function is used to display output. Renders as: The printf() function is used to display output.

• Code blocks: Use triple backticks (`````) before and after the code block. You can optionally specify the language for syntax highlighting.

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

  greet("World") ``` Renders as:

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

  greet("World") ```

• Horizontal rule: Use three or more asterisks (***), hyphens (---), or underscores (___) on a line by themselves.

  ```markdown

  ``` Renders as:

  ---

This covers the most frequently used Markdown syntax. Happy writing!