# Markdown handling of whitespace in lists

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-handling-of-whitespace-in-lists/63767>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [1 Junio, 2017 20:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-handling-of-whitespace-in-lists/63767 "2017-06-01T20:22:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![jmsachs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jmsachs/32/107682_2.png) [@jmsachs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jmsachs)\
**Post date:** [1 Junio, 2017 20:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-handling-of-whitespace-in-lists/63767/1 "2017-06-01T20:22:09Z")

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Discourse Markdown seems to be quite a bit different than Stackoverflow Markdown and I’m wondering how to format some text properly when it’s in an extended numbered list. **Is there any way to create a blank line inside a numbered list element, so that the numbering doesn’t restart?**

In Stackoverflow, this markup text:

```plaintext
1. Hickory dickory dock,
   the mouse ran up the clock
   the clock struck one

   the mouse ran down,
   hickory dickory dock.

2. Mary had a little lamb 
   whose fleece was white as snow.

   And everywhere that Mary went the lamb was sure to go.

```

produces this:

* * *

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/b/2/b2f3ebc87ff9febad9b386e291acc775ca3d2558.png)

* * *

but in Discourse it looks like this:

* * *

1. Hickory dickory dock,  
the mouse ran up the clock  
the clock struck one

2. Mary had a little lamb  
whose fleece was white as snow.

* * *

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