How to add new line in Markdown presentation?

Question

How to add new line in Markdown presentation?

I mean, something like \\newline in TeX.

Answer 1

It depends on what kind of markdown parser you're using. For example in showdownjs there is an option {simpleLineBreaks: true} which gives corresponding html for the following md input:

a line
wrapped in two

<p>a line<br>
wrapped in two</p>

Answer 2

I wanted to create a MarkdownPreviewer in react as part of a project in freecodecamp. So I was desperately searching for newline characters for markdown. After trying many suggestions. I finally used \n and it worked.

Answer 3

The newline character (\n) can be used to add a newline into a markdown file programmatically. For example, it is possible to do like this in python:

with open("file_name.md", "w") as file:
   file.write("Some text")
   file.write("\n")
   file.write("Some other text")

Answer 4

I was using Markwon for markdown parsing in Android. The following worked great:

"My first line  \nMy second line  \nMy third line  \nMy last line"

...two spaces followed by \n at the end of each line.

Answer 5

How to add new line in Markdown presentation?

Check the following resource Line Return

To force a line return, place two empty spaces at the end of a line.

Answer 6

You could use   in R markdown to create a new blank line.

For example, in your .Rmd file:

I want 3 new lines: 

 
 
 

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