# phpman > ri > RDoc::Parser::Markdown

## [RDoc::Parser::Markdown](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/RDoc%3A%3AParser%3A%3AMarkdown/markdown) < [RDoc::Parser](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/RDoc%3A%3AParser/markdown)

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## Includes:
[RDoc::Parser::Text](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/RDoc%3A%3AParser%3A%3AText/markdown) (from gem rdoc-7.2.0)

(from gem rdoc-7.2.0)
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Parse a Markdown format file.  The parsed [RDoc::Markup::Document](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/RDoc%3A%3AMarkup%3A%3ADocument/markdown) is
attached as a file comment.
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## Instance methods:

  scan