Tutorial: linking to an answer

I know this has been asked/discussed before, but my google foo is failing me (and the Answers search system is just down right broken)

How do you link to an answer?

Answer 1

[Daniel Shub]

I found the instruction in a comment by Walter to this answer in the "wish list" asking for the ability to add a link. I got there by re-reading this answer in "how to write a good answer". Now the question is what do I do with the information now that I found it again. Maybe it belongs in "how to write a good answer" or how to format your question.

For now I will repeat Walter's instructions here:

I have figured out how to use the existing interface to get the tags to a particular answer.

Hover over the "add a comment" link for the answer you wish to construct a direct URL to. You will see a link such as,

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/answers/1459/comments/new

Pull out the number before "comments" and construct the anchor as #answer followed by the number, such as #answer_1459. That is the relative anchor, to which you would prefix the page URL, such as this page's URL

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/994-wish-list-for-matlab-answer-sections

The net result would be

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/994-wish-list-for-matlab-answer-sections#answer_1459

This URL will not change when the display algorithm reorders the answers due to voting or however it determines what should go first on the page.

@Walter if you want the rep, feel free to add the answer and I will accept yours.

[Jan]

Fortunately these instructions are outdated due to the new link buttons.