MARKDOWN FORMATTING KEY

by alyssa lim :)

TEXT FORMATTING

this is italics. (*text*)
this is bold. (**text**)
this is italics and bold. (***text***)

DOT POINTS

• an unnumbered list
• uses dashes
• while

NUMBERED LISTS

1. a numbered list
2. uses numbers
3. duh. simple enough right?

NESTED LISTS

• Basically we use indents here
  • Its as if you were using Word!
• Isn’t this super easy?
  • Reason 1 that it’s easy
  • Reason 2 that it’s easy
  • And so on and so forth

PARAGRAPHS

Add the syntax <br/> where you would like a line break.

BACKSLASHES: Commenting out syntax

Notice how I was able to type <br/> without it turning into a line break.
This is because I added a backslash before the syntax!
For things like asterisks, add a backslash before each asterisk.

HEADINGS

Heading 1 (# text)

Heading 2 (## text)

Heading 3 (### text)

And this is regular body text
nb a space must be added after the #, as seen above

HYPERLINKS

Danielle Navarro’s R Youtube Series
Formatting: [text](hyperlink)
Alternatively you can just paste the link directly and it will be an automatic hyperlink

IMAGES

The pathway can be to a file location in your computer OR an image address from the internet

BLOCK QUOTES

Ta da!

EQUATIONS

• Anything inside dollar signs ($) is treated as “inline” maths
• Anything inside two dollar signs ($$) is a standalone equation
• There must not be any whitespace between your dollar signs and equations
• Equations folow LaTeX rules
  For example: \(x^2\) is inline; while the next equation is standalone: \[ a^2 +b^2 = c^2 \]