What is Markdown?

Markdown is a way to style text on the web. You control the display of the document; formatting words as bold or italic, adding images, and creating lists are just a few of the things we can do with Markdown. Mostly, Markdown is just regular text with a few non-alphabetic characters thrown in, like # or *.

Headers

# This is an <h1> tag
## This is an <h2> tag
###### This is an <h6> tag

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_

Lists (Unordered)

* Item 1
* Item 2
  * Item 2a
  * Item 2b

Lists (Ordered)

1. Item 1
1. Item 2
1. Item 3
   1. Item 3a
   1. Item 3b

Images

![Your Image Name](http://example.com/images/logo.png)
Format: ![Alt Text](url)

Links

https://lankadevelopers.com - automatic!
[Lanka Developers](https://lankadevelopers.com)

Blockquotes

As Steve job said:

> The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
> If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle.

Inline code

I think you should use an
`<addr>` element here instead.

Syntax highlighting

```javascript
function fancyAlert(arg) {
  if(arg) {
    $.facebox({div:'#foo'}
  }
}

function fancyAlert(arg) {
   if(arg) {
      $.facebox({div:'#foo'})
   }
}

Here’s an example of Python code without syntax highlighting:

def foo():
    if not bar:
        return True

Task Lists

- [x] @mentions, #refs, [links](), **formatting**, and <del>tags</del> supported
- [x] list syntax required (any unordered or ordered list supported)
- [x] this is a complete item
- [ ] this is an incomplete item

Horizontal Rules

You can produce a horizontal rule tag (<hr />) by placing three or more hyphens, asterisks, or underscores on a line by themselves. If you wish, you may use spaces between the hyphens or asterisks. Each of the following lines will produce a horizontal rule:

* * *

***

*****

- - -

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Tables

Markdown table syntax is quite simple. It does not allow row or cell spanning as well as putting multi-line text in a cell. The first row is always the header followed by an extra line with dashes "-" and optional colons ":" for forcing column alignment.

| Tables   |      Are      |  Cool |
|----------|:-------------:|------:|
| col 1 is |  left-aligned | $1600 |
| col 2 is |    centered   |   $12 |
| col 3 is | right-aligned |    $1 |

YouTube Videos

You cannot add directly but you can add an image with a link to the video like this:

[![IMAGE ALT TEXT HERE](http://img.youtube.com/vi/YOUTUBE_VIDEO_ID_HERE/0.jpg)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOUTUBE_VIDEO_ID_HERE)