freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/daily-coding-challenges-javascript/6939b873185d8e00d453563c.md

id, title, challengeType, dashedName

id	title	challengeType	dashedName
6939b873185d8e00d453563c	Challenge 157: Markdown Link Parser	28	challenge-157

--description--

Given the string of a link in Markdown, return the equivalent HTML string.

A Markdown image has the following format: "[link_text](link_url)". Return the string of the HTML a tag with the href set to the link_url and the link_text as the tag content.

For example, given "[freeCodeCamp](https://freecodecamp.org/)" return '<a href="https://freecodecamp.org/">freeCodeCamp</a>';

Note: The console may not display HTML tags in strings when logging messages — check the browser console to see logs with tags included.

--hints--

parseLink("[freeCodeCamp](https://freecodecamp.org/)") should return '<a href="https://freecodecamp.org/">freeCodeCamp</a>'.

assert.equal(parseLink("[freeCodeCamp](https://freecodecamp.org/)"), '<a href="https://freecodecamp.org/">freeCodeCamp</a>');

parseLink("[Donate to our charity.](https://www.freecodecamp.org/donate/)") should return '<a href="https://www.freecodecamp.org/donate/">Donate to our charity.</a>'.

assert.equal(parseLink("[Donate to our charity.](https://www.freecodecamp.org/donate/)"), '<a href="https://www.freecodecamp.org/donate/">Donate to our charity.</a>');

parseLink("[Contribute to our repository at https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp.](https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp/)") should return '<a href="https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp/">Contribute to our repository at https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp.</a>'.

assert.equal(parseLink("[Contribute to our repository at https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp.](https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp/)"), '<a href="https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp/">Contribute to our repository at https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp.</a>');

--seed--

--seed-contents--

function parseLink(markdown) {

  return markdown;
}

--solutions--

function parseLink(markdown) {
  const match = markdown.match(/\[(.*?)\]\((.*?)\)/);

  const [, text, url] = match;
  return `<a href="${url}">${text}</a>`;
}