
<p>A Tour Of The Markdown Syntax</p>

<hr>

<p>Markdown is a very powerful markup language, here&#39;s a list of all the formats we support:</p>
<h4><span id='bold-italic' class='anchor-heading'><a href='#bold-italic'><a href="https://collectednotes.com/blog/a-tour-of-the-markdown-syntax#bold-italic" target="_blank" class="link">Bold &amp; Italic</a></a></span></h4>
<div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>Here's a sentence with **bold**, *italic*, _underscore_, ~~strikeout~~ and ==highlighted text==.
</code></pre></div>
<p>Here&#39;s a sentence with <strong>bold</strong>, <em>italic</em>, ~underscore~, strikeout and ::highlighted text::.</p>
<h4><span id='links' class='anchor-heading'><a href='#links'><a href="https://collectednotes.com/blog/a-tour-of-the-markdown-syntax#links" target="_blank" class="link">Links</a></a></span></h4>
<div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>Here's a link to an [external site](https://collectednotes.com).
An anchor [within the page](#links)
</code></pre></div>
<p>Here&#39;s a link to an <a href="https://collectednotes.com" target="_blank" class="link">external site</a>. An anchor <a href="https://collectednotes.com/blog/a-tour-of-the-markdown-syntax#links" target="_blank" class="link">within the page</a> A footnote <a href="https://collectednotes.com/blog/a-tour-of-the-markdown-syntax#fn1" target="_blank" class="link">1</a></p>
<h4><span id='images' class='anchor-heading'><a href='#images'><a href="https://collectednotes.com/blog/a-tour-of-the-markdown-syntax#images" target="_blank" class="link">Images</a></a></span></h4>
<div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>![alt text for image](https://dz9bwsmj4cyj5.cloudfront.net/assets/hero-head-figure-4d0ee43c7fdce7b1761241f6e08b0e2dda9709a4001dca7e6c7e6e3e97f2976f.png)
</code></pre></div>
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<div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight plaintext"><code># H1
## H2
### H3
#### H4
##### H5
###### H6
</code></pre></div><h2><span id='h2' class='anchor-heading'><a href='#h2'><a href="https://collectednotes.com/blog/a-tour-of-the-markdown-syntax#h2" target="_blank" class="link">H2</a></a></span></h2>
<h3><span id='h3' class='anchor-heading'><a href='#h3'><a href="https://collectednotes.com/blog/a-tour-of-the-markdown-syntax#h3" target="_blank" class="link">H3</a></a></span></h3>
<h4><span id='h4' class='anchor-heading'><a href='#h4'><a href="https://collectednotes.com/blog/a-tour-of-the-markdown-syntax#h4" target="_blank" class="link">H4</a></a></span></h4>
<h5><span id='h5' class='anchor-heading'><a href='#h5'><a href="https://collectednotes.com/blog/a-tour-of-the-markdown-syntax#h5" target="_blank" class="link">H5</a></a></span></h5>
<h6><span id='h6' class='anchor-heading'><a href='#h6'><a href="https://collectednotes.com/blog/a-tour-of-the-markdown-syntax#h6" target="_blank" class="link">H6</a></a></span></h6>
<h4><span id='bullet-points' class='anchor-heading'><a href='#bullet-points'><a href="https://collectednotes.com/blog/a-tour-of-the-markdown-syntax#bullet-points" target="_blank" class="link">Bullet points</a></a></span></h4>
<div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>- an unordered list
- list

1. a numbered one
2. another bullet
</code></pre></div>
<ol>
<li>a numbered one</li>
<li>another bullet</li>
</ol>
<h4><span id='checkboxes' class='anchor-heading'><a href='#checkboxes'><a href="https://collectednotes.com/blog/a-tour-of-the-markdown-syntax#checkboxes" target="_blank" class="link">Checkboxes</a></a></span></h4>
<div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>-[] Something I need to do
-[x] Something I accomplished
</code></pre></div>
<p>Something I need to do</p>

<p>Something I accomplished</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>"```swift func hello() { print("Hello") }
"```
</code></pre></div>
<p>(Note: remove quotes above)</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>func hello() { print("Hello")
}
</code></pre></div>
<p>Most popular programming languages are supported.</p>

<blockquote>

<p><strong>Note</strong> <em>dQw4w9WgXcQ</em> is the id of the video, which can be found on the YouTube video URL.</p>
</blockquote>
<div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>[//]: # (This may be the most platform independent comment)
</code></pre></div>
<p><a href="https://collectednotes.com/blog/a-tour-of-the-markdown-syntax" target="_blank" class="link">A tour of the Markdown syntax — Collected Notes</a></p>


A Tour Of The Markdown Syntax

---
Markdown is a very powerful markup language, here's a list of all the formats we support:

#### [Bold & Italic](https://collectednotes.com/blog/a-tour-of-the-markdown-syntax#bold-italic)

```
Here's a sentence with **bold**, *italic*, _underscore_, ~~strikeout~~ and ==highlighted text==.
```

Here's a sentence with **bold**, *italic*, ~underscore~, strikeout and ::highlighted text::.

#### [Links](https://collectednotes.com/blog/a-tour-of-the-markdown-syntax#links)

```
Here's a link to an [external site](https://collectednotes.com).
An anchor [within the page](#links)
```

Here's a link to an [external site](https://collectednotes.com). An anchor [within the page](https://collectednotes.com/blog/a-tour-of-the-markdown-syntax#links) A footnote [1](https://collectednotes.com/blog/a-tour-of-the-markdown-syntax#fn1)

#### [Images](https://collectednotes.com/blog/a-tour-of-the-markdown-syntax#images)

```
![alt text for image](https://dz9bwsmj4cyj5.cloudfront.net/assets/hero-head-figure-4d0ee43c7fdce7b1761241f6e08b0e2dda9709a4001dca7e6c7e6e3e97f2976f.png)
```

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```
# H1
## H2
### H3
#### H4
##### H5
###### H6
```

## [H2](https://collectednotes.com/blog/a-tour-of-the-markdown-syntax#h2)

### [H3](https://collectednotes.com/blog/a-tour-of-the-markdown-syntax#h3)

#### [H4](https://collectednotes.com/blog/a-tour-of-the-markdown-syntax#h4)

##### [H5](https://collectednotes.com/blog/a-tour-of-the-markdown-syntax#h5)

###### [H6](https://collectednotes.com/blog/a-tour-of-the-markdown-syntax#h6)

#### [Bullet points](https://collectednotes.com/blog/a-tour-of-the-markdown-syntax#bullet-points)

```
- an unordered list
- list

1. a numbered one
2. another bullet
```

1. a numbered one
2. another bullet

#### [Checkboxes](https://collectednotes.com/blog/a-tour-of-the-markdown-syntax#checkboxes)

```
-[] Something I need to do
-[x] Something I accomplished
```

Something I need to do

Something I accomplished

```
"```swift func hello() { print("Hello") }
"```
```

(Note: remove quotes above)

```
func hello() { print("Hello")
}
```

Most popular programming languages are supported.

> **Note** *dQw4w9WgXcQ* is the id of the video, which can be found on the YouTube video URL.

```
[//]: # (This may be the most platform independent comment)
```

[A tour of the Markdown syntax — Collected Notes](https://collectednotes.com/blog/a-tour-of-the-markdown-syntax)