Horizontal Rules To create a horizontal rule, use three or more asterisks (***), dashes (---), or underscores (___) on a line by themselves. ***

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_________________ The rendered output of all three looks identical: Horizontal Rule Best Practices For compatibility, put blank lines before and after horizontal rules. ✅  Do this

❌  Don't do this



Try to put a blank line before...---...and after a horizontal rule.

Without blank lines, this would be a heading.---Don't do this! This guide is a Matt Cone project available on Markdown Guide under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Horizontal Rules To create a horizontal rule, use three or more asterisks ( *** ), dashes ( --- ), or underscores ( ___ ) on a line by themselves. *** --- ___ ***

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_________________ ***

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_________________ The rendered output of all three looks identical: Horizontal Rule Best Practices For compatibility, put blank lines before and after horizontal rules. ✅  Do this

❌  Don't do this



Try to put a blank line before...---...and after a horizontal rule.

Without blank lines, this would be a heading.---Don't do this! ✅  Do this

❌  Don't do this Try to put a blank line before...---...and after a horizontal rule.

Without blank lines, this would be a heading.---Don't do this! ✅  Do this ❌  Don't do this ✅  Do this ✅  Do this ❌  Don't do this ❌  Don't do this Try to put a blank line before...---...and after a horizontal rule. Without blank lines, this would be a heading.---Don't do this! Try to put a blank line before...---...and after a horizontal rule. Try to put a blank line before... --- ...and after a horizontal rule. Try to put a blank line before... --- ...and after a horizontal rule. Without blank lines, this would be a heading.---Don't do this! Without blank lines, this would be a heading. --- Don't do this! Without blank lines, this would be a heading. --- Don't do this! This guide is a Matt Cone project available on Markdown Guide under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. This guide is a Matt Cone project available on Markdown Guide under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Matt Cone Markdown Guide

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