How to create multiple consecutive empty lines in Stack Exchange post

Question

How do I create multiple consecutive empty lines in Stack Exchange post?

I have tried searching for this, and nothing seems to work in my post.

(Any advice on edits to this question are welcome.)

Answer 1

If you need n empty lines, then you can use the html-tag <br /> (n+1) times—in the following example <br /> is used 6 times which yields 5 empty lines:

A<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />B

yields:

A





B

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In markdown ending a line with a backslash means introducing a line-break:

A\⟨end of line⟩
\⟨end of line⟩
\⟨end of line⟩
\⟨end of line⟩
\⟨end of line⟩
\⟨end of line⟩
B

yields:

A





B

(⟨end of line⟩ is the linefeed-character or carriage-return-character + linefeed-character.)

Answer 2

You can cheat with  :

test

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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