How do I write a URL in Markdown on Stack Exchange?

Question

If I want to write the URL of a website on Stack Exchange using Markdown, how do I do that?

For example:

<a href="abc.php">ABC</a> 

What is the way to write this URL on Stack Exchange?

Answer 1

Actually, Markdown supports three (plus one) ways of creating a clickable link.

1. [Stack Overflow][1] (number reference)
2. [Stack Overflow][so] (tagged reference)
3. [Stack Overflow](http://stackoverflow.com) (direct reference)

[1]: http://stackoverflow.com
[so]: http://stackoverflow.com

Results in:

1. Stack Overflow (number reference)
2. Stack Overflow (tagged reference)
3. Stack Overflow (direct reference)

And, of course, a raw URL will be converted to be clickable.

http://stackoverflow.com

Results in:

http://stackoverflow.com

This is all in the Help, of course. Don't be afraid to click that little question mark above the text area.

Answer 2

In stack overflow, you can make links by following the steps:

• Link text is enclosed in square brackets eq: [ABC]
• Next you provide a link number beside it eq: [ABC] [x]
• At the bottom of your post you provide the actual link in the form: [x]: link URL

so your content will look like:

[ABC][1]

And the bottom of the post you will have:

[1]: http://your-actual-link.com