Markdown

markdown is a lightweight markup language for text formatting.

Headers (atx style)

# h1
## h2
### h3
#### h4
##### h5
###### h6

Headers (setext style)

Header 1
========

Header 2
--------

Blockquotes

> This is
> a blockquote
>
> > Nested
> > Blockquote

Unordered List

* Item 1
* Item 2
    * item 3a
    * item 3b

or

- Item 1
- Item 2

or

+ Item 1
+ Item 2

or

- [ ] Checkbox off
- [x] Checkbox on

Ordered List

1. Item 1
2. Item 2
    a. item 3a
    b. item 3b

Links

[link](http://google.com)

[link][google]

<http://google.com>

Emphasis

*italic*
_italic_

**bold**
__bold__

`inline code`
~~struck out~~

Horizontal line

Hyphens

---

Asterisks

***

Underscores

___

Code

```javascript
console.log("This is a block code")
```

4 space indent makes a ...

    console.log("This is a block code")

code block

inline code

`Inline code` has back-ticks around it

Tables

| Left column | Center column | Right column |
|:------------|:-------------:|-------------:|
| Cell 1      | Centered      | $1600        |
| Cell 2      | Cell 3        | $12          |

Simple style

Left column | Center column | Right column 
:---:|:---:|:---:
Cell 1 | Centered | $1600 
Cell 2 | Cell 3 | $12

A markdown table generator: tableconvert.com

Images

![GitHub Logo](/images/logo.png)

![Alt Text](url)

Image with link

[![GitHub Logo](/images/logo.png)](https://github.com/)

[![Alt Text](image_url)](link_url)

Reference style

![alt text][/images/logo.png]

Backslash escapes

Characters	Escape	Description
\	\	backslash
` | \`	backtick
*	\*	asterisk
_	\_	underscore
{}	{}	curly braces
[]	\[]	square brackets
()	()	parentheses
#	\#	hash mark
+	+	plus sign
-	-	minus sign (hyphen)
.	.	dot
!	!	exclamation mark