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Basic Formatting

• Bold: **Bold**
• Emphasized: *Emphasized*
• Strikethrough : ~~Strikethrough~~
• Horizontal rules: --- (three hyphens), *** (three asterisks), or ___ (three underscores).

Headings

All heading levels (e.g. H1, H2, etc), are marked by # at the beginning of a line. For example, an H1 is # Heading 1 and an H2 is ## Heading 2. This continues to ###### Heading 6.

Links

Links can be created using several methods:

• Links can be [inline](https://markdowntohtml.com)
• Inline links can [have a title](https://markdowntohtml.com "Awesome Markdown Converter")
• Also, there can be reference links that allow the URL to be placed later in the document:
  • Here is a [reference link][markdowntohtml] that links to this site.
  • References are case-insensitive (for example [this link][MarkDownToHTML] works).
  • References can also [use numbers][1].
  • Or leave it empty and use the [link text itself].
• Also, you can use relative links [like this](../blob/master/LICENSE.txt).
• URLs and URLs in angle brackets will automatically get turned into links: https://markdowntohtml.com or <https://markdowntohtml.com>.

URLs for reference links are somewhere later in the document like this:

[markdowntohtml]: https://markdowntohtml.com
[1]: https://markdowntohtml.com
[link text itself]: https://markdowntohtml.com

Images

Images can also be inline or use a reference style, similar to links. Simply prepend an exclamation point to turn the link into an image. For example:

Images with the full URL: ![alt text](https://placebear.com/300/300)

Or, a reference-style image: ![alt text][bears].

[bears]: https://placebear.com/300/300

Lists (Ordered Lists and Unordered Lists)

Lists are made by using indentation and a beginning-of-line marker to indicate a list item. For example, unordered lists are made like this:

* One item
* Another item
  * A sub-item
    * A deeper item
  * Back in sub-item land
* And back at the main level

Unordered lists can use an asterisk (*), plus (+), or minus (-) to indicate each list item.

Ordered lists use a number at the beginning of the line. The numbers do not need to be incremented – this will happen for you automatically by the HTML. That makes it easier to re-order your ordered lists (in markdown) as needed.

Also, ordered and unordered lists can be nested within each other. For example:

* One item
* Another item
  1. A nested ordered list
  1. This is the second item
    * And now an unordered list as its child
    * Another item in this list
  1. One more in the ordered list
* And back at the main level

Code and Syntax Highlighting

Inline code uses `backticks` around it. Code blocks are either fenced by three backticks (```) or indented four spaces. For example:

```
var foo = 'bar';

function baz(s) {
   return foo + ':' + s;
}
```

Blockquotes

Use > to offset text as a blockquote. For example:

> This is some part of a blockquote.
> Some more stuff.

Will produce:

This is some part of a blockquote. Some more stuff.