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Insert a Markdown link

Put a link in a markdown document, using the after-the-paragraph format.

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Markdown is a text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers. Markdown allows you
to write using an easy-to-read, easy-to-write plain text format, then convert
it to structurally valid XHTML (or HTML).

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Markdown is a text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers. [Markdown][] allows you
to write using an easy-to-read, easy-to-write plain text format, then convert
it to structurally valid XHTML (or HTML).

    [Markdown]:

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Solutions by @meagar:

Created by: @jamesnvc Tweet

143 active golfers, 431 entries

Solutions by @meagar:

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#115 - Matt / @meagar

09/07/2011 at 08:38PM

30

#>123 - Matt / @meagar

09/07/2011 at 08:32PM

31

#>125 - Matt / @meagar

09/07/2011 at 08:30PM

37

#>138 - Matt / @meagar

09/07/2011 at 08:28PM

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#>142 - Matt / @meagar

09/07/2011 at 08:25PM