ng hashes don&apos;t even need to match the number of hashes
used to open the header. (The number of opening hashes
determines the header level.) :</p>

<pre><code># This is an H1 #

## This is an H2 ##

### This is an H3 ######
</code></pre>

<h3 id="blockquote">Blockquotes</h3>

<p>Markdown uses email-style <code>&gt;</code> characters for blockquoting. If you&apos;re
familiar with quoting passages of text in an email message, then you
know how to create a blockquote in Markdown. It looks best if you hard