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Markdown cheatsheet - combination of the popular ones commonly seen + some ChatGPT responses

Markdown cheatsheet

MarkDown cheatsheet - my combination of the popular ones commonly seen + some ChatGPT responses

1. Headers

# This is an <h1> tag
## This is an <h2> tag
### This is an <h3> tag
#### This is an <h4> tag
##### This is an <h5> tag
###### This is an <h6> tag

This is an

tag

This is an

tag

This is an

tag

This is an

tag

This is an

tag

This is an

tag

2. Emphasis

*This text will be italic*
_This will also be italic_

**This text will be bold**
__This will also be bold__

_You **can** combine them_

~~Strikethrough~~

Horizontal Rule:
___

This text will be italic This will also be italic

This text will be bold This will also be bold

You can combine them

Strikethrough

Horizontal Rule:

---

3. Unordered List

- Item 1
- Item 2
  - Item 2a
...with no line break this continues onto the next line keeping same indent as 2a
  - Item 2b
  -
^ ending with a bare empty bullet item (on level 2)

+ Item 1
+ Item 2
  + Item 2a
...with no line break this continues onto the next line keeping same indent as 2a
  + Item 2b
  +
^ ending with a bare empty bullet item (on level 2)

* Item 1
* Item 2
  * Item 2a
...with no line break this continues onto the next line keeping same indent as 2a
  * Item 2b
  *
^ ending with a bare empty bullet item (on level 2)

• Item 1

• Item 2
  • Item 2a ...with no line break this continues onto the next line keeping same indent as 2a
  • Item 2b

^ ending with a bare empty bullet item (on level 2)

4. Task Lists / TODO / Checkboxes

- [x] Item 1 with filled in checkbox
- [ ] Item 2 empty unchecked
- [ ] Item 3
  - [X] Item 3a with UpperCase 'X' for filled in checkbox
  - [x]
this still continues onto the next line keeping same indent as its parent -- which is just the text `[x]` instead of converting into a checkbox (on level 2)
BUT[x]--with whitespace ON ITS RIGHT SIDE-- in the middle of a line:[x] < will convert to a new checkbox **while omitting all that came before it**

• Item 1 with filled in checkbox

• Item 2 empty unchecked

• Item 3
  • Item 3a with UpperCase 'X' for filled in checkbox
  • this still continues onto the next line keeping same indent as its parent -- which is just the text [x] instead of converting into a checkbox (on level 2) BUT[x]--with whitespace ON ITS RIGHT SIDE-- in the middle of a line:[x] < will convert to a new checkbox while omitting all that came before it

5. Ordered List

1. Item 1
4. Item 2
2. Item 3
   5. Item 5 under #3 (3 spaces needed, not just 2?)
   7. Item 6 under #3

1. Item 1

2. Item 2

3. Item 3 5. Item 5 under #3 (3 spaces needed, not just 2?) 7. Item 6 under #3

4. Links

http://github.com - automatic!
[GitHub](http://github.com)
[GitHub](http://github.com "title text too!")

http://github.com - automatic! GitHub GitHub

7. Images

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

![GitHub Logo](/images/logo.png "title text too -- visible when you hover, different than Alt Text, esp. helpful for a _broken link_ 'image' AKA no image actually shown.")

![alt-text:   pfp for https://github.com/mathiasbynens](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/81942?v=4 "title-hover:   Mathias' pfp")

Format:

8. Blockquotes

As Kanye West said:

> We're living the future so
> the present is our past.
> Blockquotes can also be nested...
>> ...by using additional greater-than signs right next to each other...
> > > ...or with spaces between arrows.

As Kanye West said:

We're living the future so the present is our past. Blockquotes can also be nested...

...by using additional greater-than signs right next to each other...

...or with spaces between arrows.

9. Inline code

Inline `code` has `back-ticks around` it.

Inline code has back-ticks around it.

10. Multiline Code

\```js
/* multi-line code
   comment.
*/
var foo = function (bar) {
  return bar++;
};

console.log(foo(5));
\```

/* multi-line code
   comment.
*/
var foo = function (bar) {
  return bar++;
};

console.log(foo(5));

11. Tables

| Formatting  | Syntax    | Example |
| ----------- | --------- | ------- |
| Italic      | `* *` or `_ _` | *italic*  |
| Bold        | `** **` or `__ __`  | **bold** |

Right aligned columns

| Option | Description (right-aligned) |
| ------:| -----------:|
| data   | path to data files to supply the data that will be passed into templates. |
| engine | engine to be used for processing templates. Handlebars is the default. |
| ext    | extension to be used for dest files. |

Formatting	Syntax	Example
Italic	* * or _ _	italic
Bold	** ** or __ __	bold

Right aligned columns

Option	Description (right-aligned)
data	path to data files to supply the data that will be passed into templates.
engine	engine to be used for processing templates. Handlebars is the default.
ext	extension to be used for dest files.

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