Linking Anchors In Standard MarkDown

Dev.to uses standard markdown. Define an anchor you want to link to right before the line you want to refer:

<a name="anchor-name-1"></a>

and place your link:

[link text](#anchor-name-1)

If you want to link to a remote url you can also do this:

[link text](https://[...]#anchor-name-1)

Try it yourself 😉

[Try it yourself](#try-yourself) 😉
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<a name="try-yourself"></a>
# If you got here it worked! 🤪
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If you got here it worked! 🤪

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Comments

[Francisco Quintero 🇨🇴]

Another way is to use the header words separated by dashes:

# If you got here it worked

Can be anchored this way:

[Anchor link](#if-you-got-here-it-worked)

Although it's very cumbersome because it depends on the words and characters. In this regard, your way is very simpler :)

[Claudia Wu.]

Is this possible only on dev.to or is it a standard markdown thing too? Thank you for this! 👍

[Francisco Quintero 🇨🇴]

It's standard Markdown