# Markdown handling of whitespace in lists

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**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [2017 年 6 月 1 日午後 8:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-handling-of-whitespace-in-lists/63767 "2017-06-01T20:22:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![tobiaseigen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tobiaseigen/32/539204_2.png) [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Post date:** [2017 年 6 月 1 日午後 8:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-handling-of-whitespace-in-lists/63767/3 "2017-06-01T20:39:27Z")

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Probably unsatisfying, but you can get what you want with `<br>`, like this:

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.

Produced with this:

```
1. Hickory dickory dock,
the mouse ran up the clock
the clock struck one
<br>the mouse ran down,
hickory dickory dock.

2. Mary had a little lamb 
whose fleece was white as snow.
<br> And everywhere that Mary went the lamb was sure to go.

```

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