In this article, you will learn to write a basic markdown file, most of the times you can find a readme.md file which contains basic information of the files in the repository. Markdown is a scripting language used to format plain text to a respective design. Popular repository providers like Github and bitbucket use readme.md for providing description about the repository.

I am going to explain about the syntax of the markdown so that you will have a better understanding of the markdown script

Headings

For writing headings, you need to add # symbol at the beginning of the text. As the number of hash symbols increase heading gets smaller.

# Heading 1
## Heading 2
### Heading 3
#### Heading 4
##### Heading 5
###### Heading 6

Output:

Heading 1

Heading 2

Heading 3

Heading 4

Heading 5

Heading 6

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Hyperlinks

You can add a hyperlink using by using the below example.

[link name](targetURL)

e.g [Google](https://www.google.com)

Output:

Google

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Strong and italic text

You can write bold and italic text using underscores and asterisks before and after the text.

_Italic text_
**Strong text**

Output:

Italic text

Strong text

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Images

You can add images in a markdown by using the below example.

![imagename](targetURL)

Output:

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Table

You can write a table by using the below example.

|Course|Instructor|Platform|
|-------|----------|---------|
|FSJS|Hitesh|iNeuron

Output:

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Code

You can write a block of code by adding ``` at start and end of the code.

```
function fun(){
return 10;
```

Output:

function fun(){
return 10;

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Lists

You can write an unordered list, ordered list using below example

* Unordered list
* Unordered item
  * Unordered item


Ordered list:
1. Ordered item
2. Ordered item
3. Ordered item

Output:

• Unordered list
• Unordered item
  • Unordered item

Ordered list:

1. Ordered item
2. Ordered item
3. Ordered item

Thank you for reading!

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