The markup on PerlMonks is not strict HTML; for instance, <code> tags are non-standard and square brackets are handled specially.

For markup here, you'll need to use name attributes to create fragment identifiers to link to.

I think the majority of browsers will accept name attribute values as fragment identifiers — I just successfully tested that with Firefox, Opera and Safari — so if you need to create links to sections here, from another site, you can do so like this: 

<a href="http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=43037#general">...</a>

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Important: Please do not use markup like that here! See "All Links Within PerlMonks Should Be Relative" for details.

— Ken

In reply to Re^3: Can not link to "id" in shortcuts by kcott
in thread Can not link to "id" in shortcuts by Lady_Aleena

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
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  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
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    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.