Escape Characters
In Markdown, you can use escape characters to display characters that have special meaning in Markdown syntax. To use an escape character, you simply precede the character with a backslash (\).
After escaping by using the \ symbol as:
\* Asterisk
\\ Backslash
\` Backtick
\{} Curly braces
\. Dot
\! Exclamation mark
\# Hash symbol
\- Hyphen symbol
\() Parentheses
\+ Plus symbol
\[] Square brackets
\_ Underscore
Output:
* Asterisk
\ Backslash
` Backtick
{ Curly braces
. Dot
! Exclamation mark
# Hash symbol
- Hyphen symbol
() Parentheses
+ Plus symbol
[ ] Square brackets
_ Underscore
Markdown Cheat Sheet
Markdown is a simple way to write and format text using plain text symbols. It’s a lightweight language that lets you create nicely formatted text without the use of complex coding. The idea is to make it easy for people to read and understand the formatting, even if they’re looking at the raw text.
This cheat sheet will go over some of the key components of markdown, including code syntaxes and examples that the reader can use to create their own highly formatted text articles.
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