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+---
+layout: post
+title: Mermaid example
+categories: example
+tags: [mermaid]
+---
+
+### 1. Pie chart
+
+```mermaid!
+pie title Pets adopted by volunteers
+  "Dogs" : 386
+  "Cats" : 85
+  "Rats" : 35
+```
+
+### 2. sequence diagram
+
+@startmermaid
+sequenceDiagram
+  Alice ->> Bob: Hello Bob, how are you?
+  Bob-->>John: How about you John?
+  Bob--x Alice: I am good thanks!
+  Bob-x John: I am good thanks!
+  Note right of John: Bob thinks a long<br/>long time, so long<br/>that the text does<br/>not fit on a row.
+  
+  Bob-->Alice: Checking with John...
+  Alice->John: Yes... John, how are you?
+@endmermaid
+
+```mermaid!
+graph TD
+A[Christmas] -->|Get money| B(Go shopping)
+  B --> C{Let me think}
+  C -->|One| D[Laptop]
+  C -->|Two| E[iPhone]
+  C -->|Three| F[fa:fa-car Car]
+```
+
+### 3. Class diagram
+```mermaid!
+classDiagram
+Animal <|-- Duck
+Animal <|-- Fish
+Animal <|-- Zebra
+Animal : +int age
+Animal : +String gender
+Animal: +isMammal()
+Animal: +mate()
+class Duck{
+  +String beakColor
+    +swim()
+    +quack()
+}
+class Fish{
+  -int sizeInFeet
+    -canEat()
+}
+class Zebra{
+  +bool is_wild
+    +run()
+}
+```
+
+### 4. State diagram
+```mermaid!
+stateDiagram
+[*] --> Still
+Still --> [*]
+
+Still --> Moving
+Moving --> Still
+Moving --> Crash
+Crash --> [*]
+```