General ⇒ Website Links Using '%' Symbol Not Compiling

[Sportchek_07]

Hello,

I have recently discovered that when trying to insert links to pdf or image files which use the '%' symbol into my latex code do not compile properly because everything after the '%' symbol are highlighted red and aren't read as code.
I have tried to download the pdf files and link them through my computer, but I constantly send the pdfs I make to my company on a regular basis, and sending all attached pdfs into a folder through email is a waste of time, and sometimes exceeds my email size limit so I am using url links now.

An example would be:

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http://www.example.com/this20%is20%an20%example.pdf

I am using the following code:

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\usepackage{hyperref}
\href{www.example.com/this20%is20%an20%example.pdf}{(Link)}

Any ideas?

[Sportchek_07]

Also, using the '&' symbol doesn't get read and doesn't compile

[tom]

Have a look at the answer to a similar question here.

Hope it helps!

[josephwright]

Please add a minimal working example showing how you are using this: the

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\href

command should deal correctly with percents.