# Test thread re: url underlinging. Did I find a quirk\>

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**Created:** [March 30, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-re-url-underlinging-did-i-find-a-quirk/617317 "2012-03-30T20:33:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-re-url-underlinging-did-i-find-a-quirk/617317/1 "2012-03-30T20:33:58Z")

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In Cafe Society, I posted this:

> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#):
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> Late night movies were my first introduction to the illustrious acting career of Rowdy Roddy Piper, having seen both \*[They Live\*](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096256/) and _Hell Comes to Frogtown_ at about 2 AM.

The link for both _They Live_ and _Hell Comes to Frogtown_ both work, but only _They Live_ is underlined. Is it because I put the code for italics and urls in a different order?

Obviously not a big deal. This is the most minor of questions regarding vb code, but why did it do that? I’m curious.

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**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-re-url-underlinging-did-i-find-a-quirk/617317/2 "2012-03-30T21:20:46Z")

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Two things: I screwed up spelling in the title, and y’all can’t see coding in a quote box. Here’s what I’m curious about outside a quote box:

Late night movies were my first introduction to the illustrious acting career of Rowdy Roddy Piper, having seen both \*[They Live\*](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096256/) and _Hell Comes to Frogtown_ at about 2 AM.

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-re-url-underlinging-did-i-find-a-quirk/617317/3 "2012-03-30T22:05:53Z")

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[A link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14919278&postcount=7) for those who want to know what in the world the OP is going on about.

1. The link for “Hell Comes to Frogtown” is underlined in that.
2. The link for “Hell Comes to Frogtown” does not work, because it’s all mangled up, because it looks like this: %3Ci%3Ehell%20comes%20to%20frogtown%3C/i%3E

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**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-re-url-underlinging-did-i-find-a-quirk/617317/4 "2012-03-30T22:09:44Z")

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> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#):
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> In Cafe Society, I posted this:
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> The link for both _They Live_ and _Hell Comes to Frogtown_ both work, but only _They Live_ is underlined. Is it because I put the code for italics and urls in a different order?
> 
> Obviously not a big deal. This is the most minor of questions regarding vb code, but why did it do that? I’m curious.

I think it’s because you didn’t actually supply a url for the second one. The order of the tags has nothing to do with anything.

_[Link number one](http://www.google.com)_  
[_Link number two_](http://www.google.com)

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**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-re-url-underlinging-did-i-find-a-quirk/617317/5 "2012-03-30T22:20:57Z")

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user error

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**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-re-url-underlinging-did-i-find-a-quirk/617317/6 "2012-03-30T22:27:50Z")

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_straight dope_  
\*straightdope\*

Yep, user error. My bad.