Using URLs with Parenthesis in Markdown Links

Some URLs contain parenthesis which can cause problems with Markdown links.

Some URLs contain parentheses, which can cause problems with Markdown links. To work around this issue, “escape” the URL with a backslash.

For example, to link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_Tools_(Centeral_Point_Software), you can escape the parentheses like the following:

[test me](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_Tools_\(Centeral_Point_Software\))

 

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