markdown.js

function md2html(text) {
    //console.log("From md2html");
    var splittext = text.split("\\n");
    var formatted = "";

    //first wee need to get rid of the \n's and replace them with <br> //
    for(var num = 0;num < splittext.length;num = num + 1) {
        var changeformat = "";

        if(splittext[num].search("#### ") !== -1) {
            changeformat = splittext[num].replace("#### ","<br><h4>").replace("\\n","");
            formatted = formatted+changeformat+"</h4><br>";

        } else


        if(splittext[num].search("### ") !== -1) {
            changeformat = splittext[num].replace("### ","<br><h3>").replace("\\n","");
            formatted = formatted+changeformat+"</h3><br>";

        } else

        if(splittext[num].search("## ") !== -1) {
            changeformat = splittext[num].replace("## ","<br><h2>").replace("\\n","");
            formatted = formatted+changeformat+"</h2><br>";

        } else

        if(splittext[num].search("# ") !== -1) {
            changeformat = splittext[num].replace("# ","<br><h1>").replace("\\n","");
            formatted = formatted+changeformat+"</h1><br>";

        } else

            if(splittext[num].search("\\+ ") !== -1) {
                changeformat = splittext[num].replace("\\+ ","<ul><li>").replace("\\n","");
                formatted = formatted+changeformat+"</li></ul>";

       } else

            if(splittext[num].search("- ") !== -1){
            changeformat = splittext[num].replace("- ","<ul><li>").replace("\\n","");
            formatted = formatted+changeformat+"</li></ul>";

       } else

            if(splittext[num].search("```") !== -1){
            changeformat = splittext[num].replace("```","<br><br>").replace("\\n","");
            formatted = formatted+changeformat;

        } else
                if(splittext[num].search(/\!\[/) !== -1) {

                changeformat = "<img source='"+splittext[num].split("](")[1].split(")")[0].replace(/\\/g,"")+"'>"
                    // console.log(changeformat);
                    formatted = formatted+changeformat;
            }

            else {
        formatted = formatted+splittext[num].replace("\\n","<br>");

        }

        formatted = formatted.replace(/\\/g,"");


    }

    return formatted;

}