Markdown has gained popularity because it's easy to use and it's widely accepted across platforms.

You can use markdown to write content that can be conveyed in plain text. A good example would be a blog post.

What is Markdown?

Markdown is a simple lightweight markup language that is widely used as a formatting language on the web. Few points that make markdown a wonderful option are:

• Simple text format hence, easy to learn and use

• convertible to various formats

In short, markdown data is converted to HTML data using the markdown processor which is in turn rendered by the browser. Markdown files have .md extension.

Heading

For heading of various sizes, use the following:

The above markdown is rendered as follows:

heading1

heading2

heading3

heading4

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Text Formatting

Bold Text

To bold a text, wrap it in ** from both sides. For example, the following markdown:

is rendered as:

Hello World

Italics

To italicize a text, wrap it in * from both sides. For example, the following markdown:

is rendered as:

I write code

Strikethrough

To strikethrough a text, wrap it in ~~ from both sides. For example, the following markdown:

is rendered as:

Highlight

To highlight a text, wrap it in == from both sides. For example, the following markdown:

is rendered as:

Quote

To quote a text, use > infront of the text. For example, the following markdown:

is rendered as:

List

To define an unordered list, use the following markdown:

The above markdown is rendered as follows:

To define an ordered list, use the following markdown:

The above markdown is rendered as follows:

To define a sub list, use the following markdown:

The above markdown is rendered as follows:

Links

We can define a link in Markdown as follows:

The above markdown is rendered as:

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Images

You can add images with a path images.pexels.com/photos/699122/pexels-phot..

The above image is rendered as:

Code

To add code in Markdown, use the following:

It will be rendered as:

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