Lines starting with > characters are rendered as blockquotes.

Blockquotes can contain multiple paragraphs and support emphasis. They can be nested and contain tables and code blocks.

A whitespace after > is not mandatory but is part of the blockquote tag if present. You must take this into account if you insert a code block that itself is preceded by 4 whitespace characters. In this case 5 whitespace characters are required.

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Examples

> This is a blockquote

> This is a blockquote with two paragraphs
>
> This is the second paragraph

> This is a blockquote
>
>> This is a nested blockquote

See also

Blockquote styling