Separate lists in markdown

Question

It is possible to have two different list (one next to the other) in Markdown without an horizontal ruler?

• Element 1
• Element 2
• Element 3

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• Elelemt 1
• Element 2

Answer 1

I usually use an HTML comment to break up adjacent lists, e.g.:

1. One
1. Two
<!-- -->
1. One
1. Two

On Stack Overflow, and just about everywhere else I've tried, this renders as

1. One
2. Two

1. One
2. Two

I think a comment is nicer than a <br> tag since it is semantically meaningless.

Answer 2

Not sure if there's a pure markdown way, but most parsers will allow you to use a subset of HTML tags.

- Element 1
- Element 2
- Element 3
<br />
+ Elelemt 1
+ Element 2

Answer 3

I use an empty link:

- Element 1
- Element 2
- Element 3
[]()
+ Elelemt 1
+ Element 2

It just renders as empty paragraph. It's easy to type ([ ] and ( ) are close to each other) and because [] is empty, it renders as a space between lists.

• Element 1
• Element 2
• Element 3

• Elelemt 1
• Element 2