# Markdown Syntax Help

Description | Example: | Creates:
Text surrounded by asterisks or underscores will be made italic | *italics* | italics
Text surrounded by double asterisks will be bold | **bold** | bold
To create a hyperlink, surround the text you want to be the link with brackets followed by the URL in parenthesis. | [linked text](http://example.com) | linked text
A line of text starting with a pound symbol will become a heading. There are six levels of heading which you can reach by adding more pound signs. | #heading 1 | # heading 1
##heading 2 | ## heading 2
You can also create a header by following it with two or more equal signs or hyphens. | heading 1 =========== | # heading 1
heading 2 ----------- | ## heading 2
A series of lines beginning with hyphens will create an unordered list. | - item 1 - item 2 - item 3 | item 1 item 2 item 3
A series of lines beginning with numbers followed by a period will create an ordered list. | 1. item 1 2. item 2 3. item 3 | item 1 item 2 item 3
A line started with a greater-then symbol will identify that text as being quoted from someone else. | > quoted text | quoted text
Lines starting with four spaces are treated as preformatted text and will display without wrapping. | if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!" |
    if 1 * 2 < 3:
        print "hello, world!"