code: def ul(
              self,
              text):
          
          m = self.reWS.match(text)
          ul = []
          for l in m.group(2).split("\n"):
              prefix, text, suffix = self._snip_whitespace(l)
              ul.append("%(prefix)s* %(text)s  " % locals())
  
          return ("\n").join(ul) + "\n\n"
docs: *convert plain-text to MMD unordered list*
  
          **Key Arguments:**
              - ``text`` -- the text to convert to MMD unordered list
  
          **Return:**
              - ``ul`` -- the MMD unordered list
  
          **Usage:**
  
              To convert text to a MMD unordered list:
  
              .. code-block:: python
  
                  ul = md.ul(" This is a list item   ")
                  print ul
  
                  # OUTPUT:
                  # *  This is a list item
                  #