Markdown Cheat Sheet - Easy Markdown Syntax Reference

Author: Abhay Talreja
Published on: January 20, 2020

This Markdown cheat sheet is intended to be a quick reference and showcase some of the features of Markdown. For more complete info, see John Gruber's original spec and the Github-flavored Markdown info page.

Headings in Markdown

# Heading 1

## Heading 2

### Heading 3

#### Heading 4

##### Heading 5

###### Heading 6

Heading 1

Heading 2

Heading 3

Heading 4

Heading 5

Heading 6

Alternate approach:

# This is Heading 1 (Alternate)

## This is Heading 2 (Alternate)

This is Heading 1 (Alternate)

This is Heading 2 (Alternate)

Paragraphs and Line Breaks

This is paragraph 1

This is paragraph 2

This is paragraph 1

This is paragraph 2

Horizontal Rule

---
---

---

Emphasis

Bold:

This text is **Bold**
This text is **Bold too**

This text is Bold This text is Bold too

Italic:

This text is _Italic_
This text is _Italic too_

This text is Italic This text is Italic too

Bold & Italic:

This text is **_Bold and Italic_**
This text is **_Bold and Italic_**
This text is **_Bold and Italic_**
This text is _**Bold and Italic**_
This text is **_Bold and Italic_**
This text is _**Bold and Italic**_

This text is Bold and Italic This text is Bold and Italic This text is Bold and Italic This text is Bold and Italic This text is Bold and Italic This text is Bold and Italic

~~Strikethrough:~~

This is a ~~Striked Text~~

This is a ~~Striked Text~~

Links

[Abhay Talreja](https://www.abhaytalreja.com)
[Abhay Talreja](https://www.abhaytalreja.com 'Abhay Talreja website link')

Abhay Talreja Abhay Talreja

Reference-style:

[Abhay Talreja with reference][website]

[website]: https://abhaytalreja.com

Abhay Talreja with reference

Auto-linking:

https://www.abhaytalreja.com
<https://www.abhaytalreja.com>

https://www.abhaytalreja.com https://www.abhaytalreja.com

Images

![Markdown Image](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Markdown-mark.svg/208px-Markdown-mark.svg.png)

Linking images:

[![Markdown Image](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Markdown-mark.svg/208px-Markdown-mark.svg.png)][my-website]

[my-website]: https://abhaytalreja.com "Click to see Abhay Talreja's website"

Blockquotes

> This is a blockquote

This is a blockquote

Nested blockquotes:

> This is a blockquote
>
> > This is a nested blockquote

This is a blockquote

This is a nested blockquote

Lists

Ordered List:

1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3

Item 1
Item 2
Item 3

Unordered List:

- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3

Item 1
Item 2
Item 3

Nested List:

1. Item 1
2. Item 2
   - Nested Item 1
   - Nested Item 2
3. Item 3

Item 1
Item 2
- Nested Item 1
- Nested Item 2
Item 3

Code

Inline code:

Here is an example of inline code block - `var x = 10;`

Here is an example of inline code block - var x = 10;

Code block:

<html>
  <head></head>
  <body></body>
</html>

<html>
  <head></head>
  <body></body>
</html>

Fenced code block with language:

<html>
  <head></head>
  <body></body>
</html>

<html>
  <head></head>
  <body></body>
</html>

Escape Characters

Escape special characters with a backslash:

Character	Name
\	backslash
`	backtick
*	asterisk
_	underscore
{ }	curly braces
[ ]	brackets
( )	parentheses
#	pound sign
+	plus sign
-	minus sign
.	dot
!	exclamation
\|	pipe

Happy Learning! Keep Sharing!

References:

Markdown Cheat Sheet - Easy Markdown Syntax Reference

Author: Abhay Talreja
Published on: January 20, 2020

Headings in Markdown

# Heading 1

## Heading 2

### Heading 3

#### Heading 4

##### Heading 5

###### Heading 6

Heading 1

Heading 2

Heading 3

Heading 4

Heading 5

Heading 6

Alternate approach:

# This is Heading 1 (Alternate)

## This is Heading 2 (Alternate)

This is Heading 1 (Alternate)

This is Heading 2 (Alternate)

Paragraphs and Line Breaks

This is paragraph 1

This is paragraph 2

This is paragraph 1

This is paragraph 2

Horizontal Rule

---
---

---

Emphasis

Bold:

This text is **Bold**
This text is **Bold too**

This text is Bold This text is Bold too

Italic:

This text is _Italic_
This text is _Italic too_

This text is Italic This text is Italic too

Bold & Italic:

This text is **_Bold and Italic_**
This text is **_Bold and Italic_**
This text is **_Bold and Italic_**
This text is _**Bold and Italic**_
This text is **_Bold and Italic_**
This text is _**Bold and Italic**_

~~Strikethrough:~~

This is a ~~Striked Text~~

This is a ~~Striked Text~~

Links

[Abhay Talreja](https://www.abhaytalreja.com)
[Abhay Talreja](https://www.abhaytalreja.com 'Abhay Talreja website link')

Abhay Talreja Abhay Talreja

Reference-style:

[Abhay Talreja with reference][website]

[website]: https://abhaytalreja.com

Abhay Talreja with reference

Auto-linking:

https://www.abhaytalreja.com
<https://www.abhaytalreja.com>

https://www.abhaytalreja.com https://www.abhaytalreja.com

Images

![Markdown Image](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Markdown-mark.svg/208px-Markdown-mark.svg.png)

Linking images:

[![Markdown Image](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Markdown-mark.svg/208px-Markdown-mark.svg.png)][my-website]

[my-website]: https://abhaytalreja.com "Click to see Abhay Talreja's website"

Blockquotes

> This is a blockquote

This is a blockquote

Nested blockquotes:

> This is a blockquote
>
> > This is a nested blockquote

This is a blockquote

This is a nested blockquote

Lists

Ordered List:

1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3

Item 1
Item 2
Item 3

Unordered List:

- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3

Item 1
Item 2
Item 3

Nested List:

1. Item 1
2. Item 2
   - Nested Item 1
   - Nested Item 2
3. Item 3

Item 1
Item 2
- Nested Item 1
- Nested Item 2
Item 3

Code

Inline code:

Here is an example of inline code block - `var x = 10;`

Here is an example of inline code block - var x = 10;

Code block:

<html>
  <head></head>
  <body></body>
</html>

<html>
  <head></head>
  <body></body>
</html>

Fenced code block with language:

<html>
  <head></head>
  <body></body>
</html>

<html>
  <head></head>
  <body></body>
</html>

Escape Characters

Escape special characters with a backslash:

Character	Name
\	backslash
`	backtick
*	asterisk
_	underscore
{ }	curly braces
[ ]	brackets
( )	parentheses
#	pound sign
+	plus sign
-	minus sign
.	dot
!	exclamation
\|	pipe

Happy Learning! Keep Sharing!

References:

Markdown Cheat Sheet - Easy Markdown Syntax Reference

Headings in Markdown

Heading 1

Heading 2

Heading 3

Heading 4

Heading 5

Heading 6

This is Heading 1 (Alternate)

This is Heading 2 (Alternate)

Paragraphs and Line Breaks

Horizontal Rule

Emphasis

Links

Images

Blockquotes

Lists

Code

Escape Characters

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Markdown Cheat Sheet - Easy Markdown Syntax Reference

Headings in Markdown

Heading 1

Heading 2

Heading 3

Heading 4

Heading 5

Heading 6

This is Heading 1 (Alternate)

This is Heading 2 (Alternate)

Paragraphs and Line Breaks

Horizontal Rule

Emphasis

Links

Images

Blockquotes

Lists

Code

Escape Characters

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