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Markdown (.md)

Import supports Markdown.

Background & Context

- Registered MIME types: text/markdown, text/x-markdown
- A markup language allowing formatting text documents.
- Plain text format.

Import & Export

Import["file.md"] imports a Markdown file as plaintext.
Import["file.md",elements] imports the specified elements.
The import format can be specified with Import["file","MD"] or Import["file",{"MD",elem,…}].
See the following reference pages for full general information:

	Import, Export	import from or export to a file
	CloudImport, CloudExport	import from or export to a cloud object
	ImportString, ExportString	import from or export to a string
	ImportByteArray, ExportByteArray	import from or export to a byte array

Import Elements

General Import elements:
"Elements" list of elements and options available in this file

"Summary" summary of the file

"Rules" list of rules for all available elements
Data representation elements:
"Plaintext" a string giving the textual content of the whole document

"FormattedText" a sequence of formatted text for the whole document

Examples

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Basic Examples (2)

Import a markdown file as plain text:

Import summary of a markdown file:

Import Elements (3)

List of available elements:

Import the file as plain text:

Import the file as formatted text:

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