examples_of_markdown.md

Mastering Markdown

bold: **bold** bold
italic: *italic* italic
italic: _italic_ italic

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In a markdown file on GitHub, to see how it was formatted, click on "raw" on upper right corner.

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Block Code, Language-specific

python

Block code that is non-specific:

print "hello world!"
print "hello moon"

Block code that is python-specific:

print "hello world!"
print "hello moon"

bash or console

Block code that is non-specific:

$ git status
$ git remote -v

Block code that is bash-specific:

$ git status
$ git remote -v

$ ps awx | grep mongo

sql

Block code that is non-specific:

SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE Country='Sweden';

Block code that is sql-specific:

SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE Country='Sweden';

Yes, this works for scores of other languages: Syntax highlighting in markdown

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Line Breaks

How to add line breaks:

1. can enclose text in triple back quotes
2. add two spaces to end of line

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Tables in Markdown

First Header | Second Header
------------ | -------------
Content from cell 1 | Content from cell 2
Content in the first column | Content in the second column

First Header	Second Header
Content from cell 1	Content from cell 2
Content in the first column	Content in the second column