The Markdown cheat sheet

The rules you actually use. Syntax on the left, what it renders on the right.

Text

# Heading 1 ## Heading 2 ### Heading 3

Heading 1

**bold** *italic* ~~strike~~ `code`
bold   italic   strike   code
A line break needs two spaces at the end.
A line break needs
two spaces at the end.

Lists

- milk - eggs - free range - bread
  • milk
  • eggs
    • free range
  • bread
1. wake up 2. make coffee 3. ship it
  1. wake up
  2. make coffee
  3. ship it
- [x] done - [ ] not yet
  • ☑ done
  • ☐ not yet

Links, quotes & rules

[a link](https://example.com)
a link
> A quote worth > remembering.
A quote worth remembering.
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Code & tables

```js const x = 1 ```
const x = 1
| Lang | Year | | ---- | ---- | | HTML | 1993 | | CSS | 1996 |
LangYear
HTML1993
CSS1996