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How do you write a link containing a closing bracket in markdown syntax?

Markdown syntax for a link is pretty simple. The following Markdown

[Example](http://example.com/)

produces:

Example

But what if the link itself contains a closing bracket,

[Syntax](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syntax_(programming_languages))

some Markdown implementations produce the following broken link:

Syntax)

Putting the URL in quotes does not work.

Solution

  • You can try to escape the character:

    [Syntax](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syntax_\(programming_languages\))