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Markdown Cheat Sheet

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Headings

2 snippets

Create section headers

ATX Style

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

Setext Style

Heading 1
=========

Heading 2
---------

Text Formatting

6 snippets

Style inline text

Bold

**bold text**
__also bold__

Italic

*italic text*
_also italic_

Bold + Italic

***bold and italic***
___also works___

Strikethrough

~~deleted text~~

Code

`inline code`

Highlight

==highlighted text==  # Some parsers

Lists

4 snippets

Ordered and unordered lists

Unordered

- Item 1
- Item 2
  - Nested item
  - Another nested
- Item 3

Ordered

1. First item
2. Second item
   1. Nested item
   2. Another nested
3. Third item

Task List

- [x] Completed task
- [ ] Incomplete task
- [ ] Another task

Definition List

Term
: Definition of term

Another term
: Its definition

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Code Blocks

3 snippets

Display code snippets

Indented Block

    function hello() {
        console.log("Hello");
    }

Fenced Block

```javascript
function hello() {
    console.log("Hello");
}
```

With Line Numbers

```javascript {1,3-5}
const x = 1;
const y = 2;
const z = 3;
```

Block Elements

3 snippets

Blockquotes, rules, and more

Blockquote

> This is a quote
>
> With multiple paragraphs

Nested Quote

> Level 1
>> Level 2
>>> Level 3

Horizontal Rule

---

***

___

Tables

2 snippets

Create data tables

Basic Table

| Header 1 | Header 2 |
|----------|----------|
| Cell 1   | Cell 2   |
| Cell 3   | Cell 4   |

Alignment

| Left | Center | Right |
|:-----|:------:|------:|
| L    |   C    |     R |
| L    |   C    |     R |

Advanced

5 snippets

Extended syntax

Footnote

Here's a sentence[^1].

[^1]: This is the footnote.

Abbreviation

The HTML spec is great.

*[HTML]: Hypertext Markup Language

Emoji

:smile: :rocket: :thumbsup:

Math (KaTeX)

Inline: $E = mc^2$

Block:
$$
\sum_{i=1}^n x_i
$$

Escape Characters

\* Not italic \*
\# Not a heading

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FAQ

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What is a Markdown cheat sheet?

A Markdown cheat sheet is a quick reference guide containing the most commonly used syntax, functions, and patterns in Markdown. It helps developers quickly look up syntax without searching through documentation.

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What are the most important Markdown concepts?

Key Markdown concepts include variables and data types, control flow (if/else, loops), functions, error handling, and working with data structures like arrays and objects/dictionaries.

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