Markdown

This is a quick reference cheat sheet to the Markdown syntax.

#Markdown Quick Reference

#Headers (atx style)

# h1
## h2
### h3
#### h4
##### h5
###### h6

#Headers (setext style)

Header 1
========

Header 2
--------

#Blockquotes

> This is  
> a blockquote
>
> > Nested  
> > Blockquote

#Unordered List

* Item 1
* Item 2
  * item 3a
  * item 3b

or

- Item 1
- Item 2

or

_ Item 1
+ Item 2

or

- [ ] Checkbox off
- [x] Checkbox on

#Ordered List

1. Item 1
2. Item 2  
   a. Item 3a  
   b. Item 3b
[link](http://google.com)

[link][google]  
[google]: http://google.com

<http://google.com>

#Emphasis

*italic*  
_italic_

**bold**  
__bold__

`inline code`  
~~struck out~~

#Horizontal line

Hyphens

---

Asterisks

***

Underscores

___

#Code

```javascript
console.log("This is a block code");
```
~~~css
.button {
  border: none;
}
~~~
    4 space indent makes a code block

#Escaped code

Escaped code blocks can be done with more back ticks on the outside or a different symbol.

````markdown
```bash
echo hi
```
````

~~~markdown
```bash
echo hi
```
~~~

#Inline code

`Inline code` has back-ticks around it

#Tables

| Left column | Center column | Right column |
| :---------- | :-----------: | -----------: |
| Cell 1      |   Centered    |        $1600 |
| Cell 2      |    Cell 3     |          $12 |

Simple style

Left column | Center column | Right column
:----------:|:-------------:|:-----------:
   Cell 1   |   Centered    |    $1600
   Cell 2   |    Cell 3     |     $12

A markdown table generator: tableconvert.com

#Images

![GitHub Logo](/images/logo.png)

![Alt Text](url)
[![GitHub Logo](/images/logo.png)](https://github.com/)

[![Alt Text](image_url)](link_url)

#Reference style

![alt text][logo]

[logo]: /images/logo.png "Logo Title"

#Backslash escapes

Characters Escape Description
\ \\ Backslash
` \` Backtick
* \* Asterisk
_ \_ Underscore
{} \{\} Curly braces
[] \[\] Square brackets
() \(\) Parentheses
# \# Hash mark
+ \+ Plus sign
- \- Minus sign (hyphen)
. \. Dot
! \! Exclamation mark