---
title: TO_MARKDOWN_ITALIC
url: https://www.tines.com/stories/docs/formulas/functions/to-markdown-italic/
kind: formula-function
---

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# TO_MARKDOWN_ITALIC

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Format text as italic markdown. Underscores are used rather than an asterisk, so wrapping bold text does not produce the ambiguous ***text***. Surrounding whitespace is trimmed, and blank text returns an empty string.

**Categories:** Text

## Syntax

```
TO_MARKDOWN_ITALIC(text)
```

## Examples

### Example 1

Input:

```json
{
  "my_action": {
    "status": "Draft"
  }
}
```

Formula:

```
TO_MARKDOWN_ITALIC(my_action.status)
```

Output:

```json
"_Draft_"
```