Markdown Quick Reference

Markdown is an easy-to-write plain text format for creating web content. See Using Markdown with RStudio to learn more.

*italic*   **bold**

_italic_   __bold__

Header 1
=========================

Header 2
-------------------------

### Header 3

#### Header 4

* Item 1
* Item 2
  * Item 2a
  * Item 2b

1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
   * Item 3a
   * Item 3b

End a line with two or more spaces:

Roses are red,   
Violets are blue.

Use a plain http address or add a link to a phrase:

http://example.com

[linked phrase](http://example.com)

Images on the web or local files in the same directory:

![alt text](http://example.com/logo.png)

![alt text](figures/img.png)

A friend once said:

> It's always better to give 
> than to receive.

R code will be evaluated and printed

```{r}
summary(cars$dist)
summary(cars$speed)
```

There were `r nrow(cars)` cars studied

Plain code blocks are displayed in a fixed-width font but not evaulated

```
This text is displayed verbatim / preformatted
```

We defined the `add` function to 
compute the sum of two numbers.

$equation$

$latex equation$

\( equation \)

$$ equation $$

$$latex equation $$

\[ equation \]

Three or more asterisks or dashes:

******

------

First Header  | Second Header
------------- | -------------
Content Cell  | Content Cell
Content Cell  | Content Cell

A [linked phrase][id]. 

At the bottom of the document:

[id]: http://example.com/ "Title"

![alt text][id]

At the bottom of the document:

[id]: figures/img.png "Title"

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ASCII characters are transformed into typographic HTML entities: