How to escape parentheses in github markdown

Question

I have the following line on a markdown text file:

[Recursively] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursion_(computer_science))

When it's rendered the parser breaks the link by picking the first closing parenthesis instead of the second.

The link ends up as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursion_(computer_science instead of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursion_(computer_science)

How do I escape the first closing bracket?

I have tried using a backslash and using backticks but they don't work.

Answer 1

I found a detailed answer and insight of this issue here

Here is a snippet 1. Bare - http://example.com/test(1).html 2. Bare, encoded - http://example.com/test%281%29.html 3. Delimited - <http://example.com/test(1).html> 4. Hyperlink - with <a href="http://example.com/test(1).html">parens</a> 5. Markdown Link #1 - with [parens][1] 6. Markdown Link #1 - with [parens at end][2] 7. Markdown Link #2 - with [parens](http://example.com/test(1).html) 8. Markdown Link #2 - with [parens at end](http://example.com/test(1))

1. Bare - http://example.com/test(1).html
2. Bare, encoded - http://example.com/test%281%29.html
3. Delimited - http://example.com/test(1).html
4. Hyperlink - with parens
5. Markdown Link #1 - with parens
6. Markdown Link #1 - with parens at end
7. Markdown Link #2 - with parens
8. Markdown Link #2 - with parens at end