Chris' markdown guide

Links: HEADERS, EMPHASIS, LISTS, TABLES, HORIZONTAL RULE, CODE, LINKS, COMMENTS

HEADERS

code:

# header 1
## header 2
### header 3
#### header 4
##### header 5
###### header 6

output:

header 1

header 2

header 3

header 4

header 5

header 6

EMPHASIS

code:

*italic*
**bold**
~~strikethrough~~

output:

italic bold strikethrough

LISTS

code:

* bulleted item
- bulleted item
  - sub-bulleted item
+ bulleted item

output:

• bulleted item
• bulleted item
  • sub-bulleted item
• bulleted item

code:

1. numbered item
2. numbered item
3. numbered item 

output:

1. numbered item
2. numbered item
3. numbered item

TABLES

code:

| column 1 | column 2      | column 3 |
|----------|:-------------:|---------:|
| col1 is  | left-aligned  | 1        |
| col2 is  | centered      | 2        |
| col3 is  | right-aligned | 3        |

output:

HORIZONTAL RULE

code:

*** or --- or ___

output:

CODE

Adding a back quote before and after text is an example of how you add in-line code: plot(x = indvar, y = depvar).

To create a block of code put three back quotes (`) before and after the code:

indvar <- 1:10
depvar <- indvar^2
plot(x = indvar, y = depvar)

To create a block of code with syntax highlighting put three back quotes (`) and a little r before and three back quotes after the code:

indvar <- 1:10
depvar <- indvar^2
plot(x = indvar, y = depvar)

LINKS

code:

[Colby's homepage](http://www.colby.edu/)

output: Colby’s homepage

code:

![Colby logo](http://www.colby.edu/communicationsoffice/wp-content/uploads/sites/136/2015/01/Colby_logo_002878.png)

output:

COMMENTS

code:

I like to comment out <!--- words ---> or blocks of text   
<!---  
look at me   
I'm a line of code   
--->

output

I like to comment out or blocks of text