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SYNTAX REFERENCE GUIDE

Markdown Cheat Sheet

Quick reference guide for common Markdown formatting. Click any code snippet or copy button to grab the syntax.

Headings

# Heading 1

Largest top-level header

Heading 1

## Heading 2

Section header

Heading 2

### Heading 3

Subsection header

Heading 3

Emphasis & Styling

**bold text**

Strong emphasis with double asterisks

bold text
*italic text*

Slanted emphasis with single asterisks

italic text
~~strikethrough~~

Crossed out text with double tildes

strikethrough

Lists & Tasks

- Unordered item

Standard bullet list

  • Unordered item
    • 1. Ordered item

    Numbered sequential list

  • Ordered item
    • - [ ] Unfinished task

    Task checkbox list

    Unfinished task
    - [x] Completed task

    Checked task checkbox

    ✓Completed task

    Blockquotes

    > Quoted callout line

    Single-line blockquote callout

    Quoted callout line

    Code

    `inline code`

    Inline monospace code snippet

    inline code
    ```js\nconsole.log('hi');\n```

    Multiline syntax highlighted code block

    ``js\nconsole.log('hi');\n``

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