Text prefixed with one to six pound signs (hash symbols, #
) becomes a header <h1>
through <h6>
, according to how many pound signs were used.
# This is a first-level (`<h1>`) header
## This is a second-level (`<h2>`) header
### And so on.
This is a first-level (
<h1>
) headerThis is a second-level (
<h2>
) headerAnd so on.
Atx-style headers may be optionally closed by adding trailing pound signs, which are ignored.
### This is a header with some trailing hashes ###
This is a header with some trailing hashes
At present Stack Exchange's flavor of markdown only seems to support up to three header levels (###
), though Markdown supports all the way up to 6.