How do I add a URL to R markdown?

Question

I want to refer a URL link to the R markdown and I already tried the input such as "addlink" or "address <- ...." Both of them do not work. How can I add a link in R markdown?

Thanks!

EDIT: op's code from comment was

   {r} [linked phrase] (www.bit.ly/1EqAdIp) 

Answer 1

Noting @Hao's answer below, that this must be in the main text, not within a code block:

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[I'm an inline-style link](https://www.google.com)  [I'm an inline-style link with title](https://www.google.com "Google's Homepage")  [I'm a reference-style link][Arbitrary case-insensitive reference text]  [I'm a relative reference to a repository file](../blob/master/LICENSE)  [You can use numbers for reference-style link definitions][1]  Or leave it empty and use the [link text itself]  Some text to show that the reference links can follow later.  [arbitrary case-insensitive reference text]: https://www.mozilla.org [1]: http://slashdot.org [link text itself]: http://www.reddit.com 

Answer 2

If you are using shiny, all you need to do is at the markup (white) area:

[linked phrase](www.bit.ly/1EqAdIp) #no space, no {r} 

This way you enter the hyperlink at the text(=markup) and not the interactive portion(~R) of your page.