title: Smart Strong Extension prev_title: Tables Extension prev_url: tables.html next_title: Admonition Extension next_url: admonition.html Smart_Strong ============ Summary ------- The Markdown Smart_Strong Extension adds smarter handling of double underscores within words. This does for double underscores what [smart_emphasis](../reference.html#smart_emphasis) does for single underscores. The Smart_Strong Extension is included in the standard Markdown library. Usage ----- >>> import markdown >>> markdown.markdown('Text with double__underscore__words.', \ extensions=['smart_strong']) u'

Text with double__underscore__words.

' >>> markdown.markdown('__Strong__ still works.', \ extensions=['smart_strong']) u'

Strong still works.

' >>> markdown.markdown('__this__works__too__.', \ extensions=['smart_strong']) u'

this__works__too.

' This extension is also included with the [Extra](extra.html) Extension. You may call that extension to get this behavior with all the other features of 'Extra'. >>> markdown.markdown(text, extensions=['extra'])