Horizontal rules

Horizontal rules can be used to separate content.

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Horizontal Rules

When to use

💡 Horizontal rules can be used to separate sections when headers are not applicable or to separate base document elements like a header, body and footer.

Marker character style

A horizontal rule must consist of three (3) hyphens (-) without spaces.

remark-lint: rule-style (opens new window)

👍 Correct code for this rule:

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👎 Incorrect code for this rule:

-

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- -

-- -

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No prepended or appended content

Make sure that there are no other prepended or appended characters (including spaces).

👍 Correct code for this rule:

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👎 Incorrect code for this rule:

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---x

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Empty lines before and after

Always surround lines by a single empty line except at the beginning of the file.

👍 Correct code for this rule:

... a line of content.

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Summer is awesome...

👎 Incorrect code for this rule:

... a line of content.
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Summer is awesome...

... a line of content.


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Summer is awesome...