Markup Formatting Reference: Horizontal Rules

Display a horizontal rule on the page.

Works with:

✓ Playgrounds
✓ Symbol documentation

Syntax

Insert a horizontal rule by using three or more hyphens (-), asterisks (*), or underscores (_) on a line that is surrounded by empty lines. Each of the characters is the same for a horizontal rule. Whitespace between the characters is ignored.

```
---… | ***… | ___…
```
```
---… | ***… | ___…
```
```
 
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Playground Example

        /*:
  This text is above the horizontal rule.
  - - -
  And this is below.
 */

      

image: ../Art/MFR_horizontal_rule_eg_2x.png

Quick Help Example

        /**
  An example of using a *horizontal rule*
 
  This text is above the horizontal rule
 
  *  *  *  *  *
 
  And this is below
 */

image: ../Art/MFR_symbol_horizontal_rule_2x.png