how-to-readme.md

Markdown is a lightweight markup language that allows you to format text using plain text syntax. Here are 15 Markdown features with examples:

Headers:
    Use # for headers. More # means a smaller header.

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H1 Header

H2 Header

H3 Header

H4 Header

H5 Header

H6 Header

Bold Text:

Surround text with ** or __ for bold.

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Bold Text Bold Text

Italic Text:

Surround text with * or _ for italic.

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Italic Text Italic Text

Strikethrough:

Use ~~ to strike through text.

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Strikethrough Text

Blockquote:

Use > to create a blockquote.

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This is a blockquote.

Lists:

Use -, *, or + for unordered lists. Use numbers for ordered lists.

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• Item 1
• Item 2
  • Subitem 2.1
  • Subitem 2.2

1. First item
2. Second item
   1. Subitem 2.1
   2. Subitem 2.2

Code Blocks:

Use backticks for inline code. Use triple backticks for code blocks.

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Inline code

def hello_world():
    print("Hello, world!")`

Horizontal Rule:

Use ---, ***, or ___ to create a horizontal rule.

---

Links:

Use [link text](URL) for links.

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Images:

Use ![alt text](image URL) for images.

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Tables:

Use | to create tables.

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Header 1	Header 2
Cell 1	Cell 2
Cell 3	Cell 4

Task Lists:

Use - [ ] for unchecked tasks and - [x] for checked tasks.

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• Task 1
• Task 2

Inline HTML:

Embed HTML directly within Markdown.

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This is red text

Footnotes:

Use [^1] to add footnotes.

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This is a sentence with a footnote.¹

Emojis:

Use :emoji_name: to add emojis.

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:smile: :rocket: :tada:

By using these features, you can create well-structured and visually appealing Markdown documents for your GitHub repositories or any other purpose where Markdown is supported.

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Footnotes

1. This is the footnote. ↩