Markdown Cheat sheet !

What is Markdown ?

Markdown is a way of writing content on the web. It makes it easy for the reader to read the content compared to if you write the same thing in plain text. In fact, even this blog is written using the markdown syntax.

Let's see some basics !

1. Heading

To make a text as heading you can add # before the text, followed by a space. You can add up to six # before the heading, which determines the size of the heading. If you increase the number of # then the heading size will decrease.

Example :

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

Output :

Note : The space after the # is very important else it will not work.

2. Bold

To make the text bold you can surround it with two * asterisks or two _ underscores at the start and end of the text.

Example :

Normal text

**Bold using two asterisks at start and end**

__Bold using two underscores at start and end__

Output :

3. Italic

To make the text Italic you can surround it with one _ underscore at the start and end of the text.

Example :

Normal Text
_Italic_

Output :

4. Strike through

To make the text Italic you can surround it with two ~ at the start and end of the text.

Example :

~~999~~ 699

Output :

5. List - Ordered & Unordered

Example :

Ordered List :

1. One
2. Two
3. Three
   1. Sublist - One
   2. Sublist - Two

Unordered List

- One
- Two
- Three

  - Sublist - One
  - Sublist - Two

Output :

Note : Notice the Sublist - One & Sublist - Two they are created just by adding a Tab space.

6. Code Snippets

Add code snippets using three backquote sign at the top and bottom of the code snippet and if you want to add inline code then just add one backquote sign surrounding the text.

Example :