class_docstr: A class that represent a notebook cell as Markdown
class_docstr_tok: ["A","class","that","represent","a","notebook","cell","as","Markdown"]
docstr: Return the text representation of a cell
code: def cell_to_text(self):
      """Return the text representation of a cell"""
      if self.cell_type == "markdown":
          if (
              self.doxygen_equation_markers
              and self.cell_type == "markdown"
          ):
              self.source = markdown_to_doxygen(
                  "\n".join(self.source)
              ).splitlines()
  
          # Is an explicit region required?
          if self.metadata:
              protect = True
          else:
              # Would the text be parsed to a shorter cell/a cell with a different type?
              cell, pos = self.cell_reader(self.fmt).read(self.source)
              protect = (
                  pos < len(self.source)
                  or cell.cell_type != self.cell_type
              )
          if protect:
              return self.html_comment(
                  self.metadata,
                  self.metadata.pop("region_name", "region"),
              )
          return self.source
  
      return self.code_to_text()
  
imports: import re
  import warnings
  from copy import copy
  from .cell_metadata import _IGNORE_CELL_METADATA, is_active, metadata_to_double_percent_options, metadata_to_rmd_options, metadata_to_text
  from .cell_reader import LightScriptCellReader, MarkdownCellReader, RMarkdownCellReader
  from .doxygen import markdown_to_doxygen
  from .languages import _SCRIPT_EXTENSIONS, cell_language, comment_lines, same_language
  from .magics import comment_magic, escape_code_start, need_explicit_marker
  from .metadata_filter import filter_metadata
  from .pep8 import pep8_lines_between_cells
label_desc: Use image node_id 3 for calling the MarkdownCellExporter obj's underlying member method code with example usage: obj.cell_to_text() and returns: self, self, self