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Links

Markdown supports two style of links: inline and reference.
Inline links use parentheses to put the link's URL
Reference links use square brackets to put a label to identify the link and then, on another line, you define the URL in this way:
- The same identifier used previously inside square brackets
- Followed by a colon
- Followed by at least one space
- Followed by the URL for the link

In both types of links, the link text is delimited by square brackets. Click on the red points to know more.
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[Text](http://http://example.com/ \
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    You can also use relative URLs (like /example.html)

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    The title of the link is optional.

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    Optionally use a space to separate the sets of brackets.

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    This definition can be placed anywhere in the document (generally in the footer).

    Definition identifiers may consist of letters, numbers, spaces, and punctuation. They are not case sensitive.

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    The title of the link is optional.

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Link the text "University of Rwanda" to http://www.ur.ac.rw

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Link the words "hurricane" to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hurricane with one reference link.

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Play with the concepts you just learned!

For example:
Can you really place the link definition of a reference link anywhere?
Test for yourself if the link identifier of a reference link is not case sensitive
Can you use bold and italics in a link? Or turn a header into a link?

See the generated HTML. Even if you don't know HTML, try to understand what's happening. Go wild!
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