What is Markdown?

Markdown is a markup language that is used to format the text on a web page, you can use markdown to write Github Readme.md, technical documentation and many more.

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Basic Syntax

👉 Heading

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

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Heading 1

Heading 2

Heading 3

Heading 4

Heading 5

Heading 6

👉 Bold

**bold text**

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bold text

👉 Italic

*italicized text*

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italicized text

👉 Blockquote

This is a blockquote

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This is a blockquote

👉 List

👉 Ordered List

> 1. First item
2. Second item
3. Third item

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1. First item
2. Second item
3. Third item

👉 Unordered List

> - First item
- Second item
- Third item

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• First item
• Second item
• Third item

👉 code

`code`

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code

👉 Horizontal Rule

---

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---

👉 Link

[ Link ]( https://themohitgupta.hashnode.com/undestanding-markdown)

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Link To This Same Article

👉 Image

![image](./image.jpg)

or

![LCO](https://learncodeonline.in/mascot.png)

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Extended Syntax

👉 Table

| Syntax | Description |
| ----------- | ----------- |
| Header | Title |
| Paragraph | Text |

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Syntax	Description
Header	Title
Paragraph	Text

👉 Fenced Code Block

{
  "firstName": "Mohit",
  "lastName": "Gupta",
  "age": 25
}

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{
  "firstName": "Mohit",
  "lastName": "Gupta",
  "age": 25
}

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👉 Footnote

    Here's a sentence with a footnote. [^1]
    [^1]: This is the footnote.

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Here's a sentence with a footnote. [^1]

[^1]: This is the footnote.

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👉 Heading ID

### My Great Heading {#custom-id}

or

<h3 id="custom-id">My Great Heading</h3>

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My Great Heading

👉 Definition List

 First Term
  : This is the definition of the first term.
  Second Term
  : This is one definition of the second term.
  : This is another definition of the second term.

or

  <dl>
    <dt>First Term</dt>
    <dd>This is the definition of the first term.</dd>
    <dt>Second Term</dt>
    <dd>This is one definition of the second term. </dd>
    <dd>This is another definition of the second term.</dd>
  </dl>

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First Term

This is the definition of the first term.

Second Term

This is one definition of the second term.

This is another definition of the second term.

👉 Strikethrough

~~The world is flat.~~ or

or

 <s>The world is flat.</s>

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The world is flat.

👉 Task List

- [x] Write the press release
- [ ] Update the website
- [ ] Contact the media

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• [x] Write the press release
• [ ] Update the website
• [ ] Contact the media

👉 Emoji

That is so funny! :joy:

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That is so funny! :joy:

👉 Highlight

I need to highlight these ==very important words==.

or

I need to highlight these <mark>very important words</mark>.

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I need to highlight these very important words.

👉 Subscript

H~2~O

or

H<sub>2</sub>O

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H₂O

👉 Superscript

X^2^

or

X<sup>2</sup>

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X²