Jupyter / IPython Notebook text editing as markdown

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Hi all I'm starting a new Python 3 document in Jupyter, and when I tried to put the test in the center in a markdown, I put: <h1><center> Whatever Report </center></h1> <center> Based on the data from *January 1, 2018* </center>

As you can see I tried to italicize the date, yet when I ran the command, Based on the data from *January 1, 2018*is printed as a result. Why aren't the texts being italicized?

Thanks much!

Is there a reason you can't use ``, `` tags? – Evan Nov 08 '18 at 23:58 — Evan, Nov 08 '18 at 23:58

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 09 '18 at 00:01

Not any kind of markdown expert, but it looks like the asterisks are not interpreted as italics when within an HTML tag. First one works, second does not.

<center>Based on the data from <i>January 1, 2018</i></center>
<center>Based on the data from *January 1, 2018*<center>

Not sure to format that output for SO. Ha.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 08 '18 at 23:58

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You need to put your markdown in markdown cells, not embedded in html. http://www.firstpythonnotebook.org/markdown/

answered Nov 08 '18 at 23:58

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Thanks for the pointer, just getting started with Jupyter and the guidance is helpful. – rhea.rao Nov 09 '18 at 00:17

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 12 '20 at 03:04

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Maybe it's very late, but you can try to use $\unicode{x212B}$ and it will render as the right format. The original solution can be found at https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/795.

answered May 12 '20 at 03:04

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Jupyter / IPython Notebook text editing as markdown

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