Format
This section describes the text format used by hashcards.
Basic Cards
Question-answer flashcards are written like this:
Q: What is the order of a group?
A: The cardinality of its underlying set.
Both the question and the answer can span multiple lines:
Q: List the PGM minerals.
A:
- ruthenium
- rhodium
- palladium
- osmium
- iridium
- platinum
Cloze Cards
Cloze cards start with the C: tag, and use square brackets to denote cloze
deletions:
C: The [order] of a group is [the cardinality of its underlying set].
Again, cloze cards can span multiple lines:
C:
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the
desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
— [Ecclesiastes] [6]:[9]
Hashcards does not support arbitrary Markdown. Files may only contain Q:/A:/C: formatting symbols—no italics, no bold, no headings.
Example
The following Markdown file is a valid hashcards deck:
Q: What is the capital of France?
A: Paris
C: [Paris] is the capital of [France].