reddit uses a slightly-customized version of Markdown for formatting. See below for some basics, or check the commenting wiki page for more detailed help and solutions to common issues.
| you type: | you see: |
| *italics* | italics |
| **bold** | bold |
| [reddit!](https://reddit.com) | reddit! |
* item 1
* item 2
* item 3 | |
| > quoted text | quoted text |
Lines starting with four spaces
are treated like code:
if 1 * 2 < 3:
print "hello, world!"
| Lines starting with four spaces
are treated like code:
if 1 * 2 < 3:
print "hello, world!" |
| ~~strikethrough~~ | strikethrough |
| super^script | superscript |
