Markdown Footnotes

The footnotes allow you to add notes and references without cluttering the body of the document.

To create a footnote in Markdown, you will need two things, a superscript number and a footnote reference. A superscript number is created by placing a caret followed by a number inside a pair of square brackets.

And someone try to Read they can click the link to jump to the content of the footnote at the bottom of the page.

To create a footnote reference, add a caret and an identifier inside brackets [^1].

Remember that the identifiers can be numbers or words, but they can’t contain spaces or tabs.

A identifiers only correlate the footnote reference with the footnote itself — in the output, footnotes are numbered sequentially.

The footnote using another caret and number inside brackets with a colon and text [^1]: My reference..

Syntax:

Here is a simple footnote[^1]. With some additional text after it.

[^1]: My reference.

You can now use footnote syntax in any Markdown field!

Example

Here is a simple footnote[^1]. With some additional text after it.

[^1]: My reference.

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Footnotes are displayed as superscript links. Click them to jump to their referenced information, displayed in a new section at the bottom of the document:

Example

This a simple footnote,[^1] and this a long footnote.[^bignote]

[^1]: This is the first footnote.

[^bignote]: this second one with multiple paragraphs and code.

    Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text...

    `{ dummy code }`

    Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text...

Try this code ❯

There no rule that says you have to put footnotes at the end of the document. You can put them anywhere except inside other elements like lists, block quotes, and tables but we recommend you to place it bottom of the page.

Using HTML as Hack

Example

This a simple footnote,[^1](#1) and this a long footnote.[^bignote](#bignote)

<span id="1">1: This is the first footnote.</span>

<span id="bignote">bignote: this second one with multiple paragraphs and code.</span>

    Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text...

    `{ dummy code }`

    Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text...

Try this code ❯

Note: The position of a footnote in your Markdown does not influence where the footnote will be rendered. You can write a footnote right after your reference to the footnote, and the footnote will still render at the bottom of the Markdown. Footnotes are not supported in wikis.