How to put href containing % in command

Question

The following

\usepackage{hyperref}  
\newcommand{\mylink}{\href{http://foo.edu/level%20one.html}{Answer}}

gives an error because of the % sign. Is there a work around?

The solution here is the same as the other question. But searching for "href" and "command" didn't call up the results for "url" and "footnote". — Ethan Duckworth, Sep 15 '17 at 17:50

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 15 '17 at 17:36

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The percent sign can be escaped with a backslash:

\newcommand{\mylink}{\href{http://foo.edu/level\%20one.html}{Answer}}

answered Sep 15 '17 at 17:36

Heiko Oberdiek

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