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| Format | Markdown | HTML |
|---|---|---|
| Headings | #Heading 1 | \<h1\>Heading 1\</h1\> |
| Headings | Heading 1 --- | \<h1\>Heading 1\</h1\> |
| Headings | ## Heading 2 | \<h2\>Heading 2\</h2\> |
| Headings | Heading 2 --- | \<h2\>Heading 2\</h2\> |
| Headings | ### Heading 3 #### Heading 4 ##### Heading 5 ###### Heading 6 | \<h3\>Heading 3\</h3\> \<h4\>Heading 4\</h4\> \<h5\>Heading 5\</h5\> \<h6\>Heading 6\</h6\> |
| Paragraphs | Paragraphs are separated by a blank line. This is another paragraph. | \<p\>Paragraphs are separated by a blank line\</p\> \<p\>This is another paragraph.\</p\> |
| Line break | Two spaces at the end of a line inserts a line break. | Two spaces at the end of a line \<br\> Inserts a line break. |
| Font | \*\***bold**\*\* __bold__ | \<strong\>bold\</strong\> |
| Font | \**italic*\* _*italic*_ | \<em\>italic\</em\> |
| Font | \*\*_***bold and italic***_\*\* | \<strong\>\<em\>bold and italic\</em\>\</strong\> |
| Font | '`monospace`' | \<code\>monospace\</code\> |
| Font | \~\~strikethrough\~\~ | \<s\>strikethrough\</s\> |
| Link | \[Link text\](http://www.example.com) | \<a href="http://www.example.com"\>Link text\</a\> |
| Link | \[Link text\](/directory/page) | \<a href="/directory/page"\>Link text\</a\> |
| Link | \[Link text\](#anchor) - link to anchor in same page. | \<a href="#anchor"\>Link text\</a\> - link to anchor in same page. |
| Link | \[Link text\](page_url#anchor) - link to anchor in another page. | \<a href="page_url#anchor"\>Link text\</a\> - link to anchor in another page. |
| Link | \[Header\](#header) - link to header with the text "Header" in same page. | \<a href="#header"\>Header\</a\> - link to a header in same page only if the header is defined with either `id="header"` in the `<h>` tag or `<a name="header">` |
| Link | \[Header text\](header-text) - link to header with the text "Header text" in same page. Spaces and punctuation are replaced with "-". | \<a href="#header-text"\>Header Text\</a\> - link to a header in same page only if the header is defined with either`<a name="header-text">` or `id="header-text"` in the header tag, for example `<h2 id="header-text">Header text</h2>`. |
| Image | !\[Alt-text\](http://www.mycompany.com/image.png) | \<img src="http://www.mycompany.com/image.png" alt="Alt-text"\> |
| Horizontal rule | --- | \<hr /\> |
| Ordered list | 1. Item 1 2. Item 2 3. Item 3 1. Item 1 1. Item 2 1. Item 3 1. Item 1 8. Item 2 6. Item 3 | \<ol\> \<li\>Item 1\</li\> \<li\>Item 2\</li\> \<li\>Item 3\</li\> \</ol\> |
| Unordered list | \* Item \* Item \* Item + Item + Item + Item - Item - Item - Item | \<ul\> \<li\>Item\</li\> \<li\>Item\</li\> \<li\>Item\</li\> \</ul\> |
| Table | \| Column 1 \| Column 2 \| Column 3 \| \| ---\| --- \| --- \| \| Row 1-1 \| Row 1-2 \| Row 1-3 \| \| Row 2-1 \| Row 2-2 \| Row 2-3 \| | \<table\> \<tr\> \<th\>Column 1\</th\> \<th\>Column 2\</th\> \<th\>Column 3\</th\> \</tr\> \<tr\> \<td\>Row 1-1\</td\> \<td\>Row 1-2\</td\> \<td\>Row 1-3\</td\> \</tr\> \<tr\> \<td\>Row 2-1\</td\> \<td\>Row 2-2\</td\> \<td\>Row 2-3\</td\> \</tr\> \</table\> |
| Preformatted text block | ''' ``` { Code block } ``` ''' <br /> | \<pre\> { Code block } \</pre\> |
| Blockquote | \> This is a blockquote \> with multiple lines. | \<blockquote\> This is a blockquote With multiple lines. \</blockquote\> |
| Center | N/A | \<p style="text-align:center" \>centered text\</p\> |