---
id: 691b559495c5cb5a37b9b489
title: "Challenge 129: Markdown Blockquote Parser"
challengeType: 29
dashedName: challenge-129
---
# --description--
Given a string that includes a blockquote in Markdown, return the equivalent HTML string.
A blockquote in Markdown is any line that:
- Starts with zero or more spaces
- Followed by a greater-than sign (`>`)
- Then, one or more spaces
- And finally, the blockquote text.
Return the blockquote text surrounded by opening and closing HTML `blockquote` tags.
For example, given `"> This is a quote"`, return `This is a quote
`.
Note: The console may not display HTML tags in strings when logging messages. Check the browser console to see logs with tags included.
# --hints--
`parse_blockquote("> This is a quote")` should return `"This is a quote
"`.
```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(parse_blockquote("> This is a quote"), "This is a quote
")`)
}})
```
`parse_blockquote(" > This is also a quote")` should return `"This is also a quote
"`.
```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(parse_blockquote(" > This is also a quote"), "This is also a quote
")`)
}})
```
`parse_blockquote(" > So Is This")` should return `"So Is This
"`.
```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(parse_blockquote(" > So Is This"), "So Is This
")`)
}})
```
# --seed--
## --seed-contents--
```py
def parse_blockquote(markdown):
return markdown
```
# --solutions--
```py
import re
def parse_blockquote(markdown):
pattern = r"^\s*>\s+(.+)$"
match = re.match(pattern, markdown)
text = match.group(1)
return f"{text}
"
```