parameters: (text, *args, **kwargs)
return_statement: return md.convert(text)
docstring: Convert a Markdown string to HTML and return HTML as a Unicode string.
  
      This is a shortcut function for `Markdown` class to cover the most
      basic use case.  It initializes an instance of Markdown, loads the
      necessary extensions and runs the parser on the given text.
  
      Keyword arguments:
  
      * text: Markdown formatted text as Unicode or ASCII string.
      * Any arguments accepted by the Markdown class.
  
      Returns: An HTML document as a string.
docstring_summary: Convert a Markdown string to HTML and return HTML as a Unicode string.
docstring_tokens: Convert a Markdown string to HTML and return HTML as a Unicode string .
function: def markdown(text, *args, **kwargs):
      """Convert a Markdown string to HTML and return HTML as a Unicode string.
  
      This is a shortcut function for `Markdown` class to cover the most
      basic use case.  It initializes an instance of Markdown, loads the
      necessary extensions and runs the parser on the given text.
  
      Keyword arguments:
  
      * text: Markdown formatted text as Unicode or ASCII string.
      * Any arguments accepted by the Markdown class.
  
      Returns: An HTML document as a string.
  
      """
      md = Markdown(*args, **kwargs)
      return md.convert(text)
function_tokens: def markdown ( text , * args , * * kwargs ) : md = Markdown ( * args , * * kwargs ) return md . convert ( text )