MarkNote Parser

Objective-C version: https://github.com/marknote/MarkNoteParserObjC
Swift version: https://github.com/marknote/MarknoteParser

A dead simple markdown parser implemented in both Swift and Objective-C with performance in mind, which can help you to transform markdown code into HTML.
Most of markdown parsers highly depend on regular expression while MarkNote Parser avoids doing so.

Purpose

At the beginning my app MarkNote was using marked to render markdown as HTML.
After trying to find a relevant markdown parser in Swfit/Object-c while no luck, I decided to build my own.

Usage

Using swift version

• Cope 2 files into your project:
  -- StringExtensions.swift , extension of String class;
  -- MarkNoteParser.swift, the parser class;

• Use the method MarkNoteParser.toHtml to convert markdown text to HTML string, like this:

func markdown(input :String)->String{
        let result = MarkNoteParser.toHtml(input)
        println("input: \(input) result:\(result)")
        return result
    }

Using objetive-c version

• Cope all files under "MarkNoteParserOC" folder into your project, and import the header file like this

#import "MarkNoteParser.h"

• Then you can call MarkNoteParser to parse your markdown document:

NSString* result = [MarkNoteParser toHtml:input];
return result;

Features

headers

# H1
## H2
### H3

will be transformed into:

<h1>H1</h1><h2>H2</h2><h3>H3</h3>

Emphasis

Emphasis, aka italics, with *asterisks* or _underscores_.
Strong emphasis, aka bold, with **asterisks** or __underscores__.
Strikethrough uses two tildes. ~~Scratch this.~~

will be transformed into:

<p>Emphasis, aka italics, with <em>asterisks</em> or <em>underscores</em>.<br/></p>
<p>Strong emphasis, aka bold, with <strong>asterisks</strong> or <strong>underscores</strong>.<br/></p>
<p>Strikethrough uses two tildes. <u>Scratch this.</u><br/></p>

Links

[I'm an inline-style link](https://www.google.com)
[I'm an inline-style link with title](https://www.google.com "Google's Homepage")

will be transformed into:

<p><a href="https://www.google.com">I'm an inline-style link</a><br/></p>
<p><a href="https://www.google.com" title="Google's Homepage">I'm an inline-style link with title</a><br/></p>

Images

![alt text](https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/12975088?v=3&s=40 "Logo Title")

will be transformed into:

<img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/12975088?v=3&s=40" title="Logo Title" alt="alt text" />

Code

```
var s = "JavaScript syntax highlighting";
alert(s);
```

will be transformed into:

<pre class="lang-javascript">
var s = &quot;JavaScript syntax highlighting&quot;;
alert(s);
</pre>

Table

| Tables        | Are           | Cool  |
| ------------- |:-------------:| -----:|
| col 3 is      | right-aligned | $1600 |
| col 2 is      | centered      |   $12 |
| zebra stripes | are neat      |    $1 |

will be transformed into:

<table><tr><th> Tables        </th><th> Are           </th><th style="text-align: center;"> Cool </th></tr><tr><td> col 3 is      </td><td> right-aligned </td><td style="text-align: center;"> $1600 </td></tr><tr><td> col 2 is      </td><td> centered      </td><td style="text-align: center;">   $12 </td></tr><tr><td> zebra stripes </td><td> are neat      </td><td style="text-align: center;">    $1 </td></tr></table><p>The outer pipes (|) are optional, and you don&#39;t need to make the raw Markdown line up prettily. You can also use inline Markdown.<br/></p>

Feedback

If you have any suggestion or feedback, feel free to drop me a message or follow me on twitter @markmarknote