Access specific sections of link

Question

I want to access this site say, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket#History

Now I want the specific section 'History' to be shown as soon as I open the link

In overleaf I did this, \href{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket#History}{link} But it gives me this error -> llegal parameter number in definition of \Hy@tempa, and when I open the link after compiling even if it get an error I get this -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket##History, 2 '#' and is wrong

How do I fix this?

Welcome to TeX.SX! Did you see: https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/106514/47927 ? If this does not answer your question, please consider providing a minimal working example (MWE), so it becomes clear what packages you use etc. — Jasper Habicht, Nov 24 '23 at 18:10
To expand a bit on thie above comment: Normally, if you use the \url command that is used by the \href command internally, you should be able to use # for the URL just like this. There might be a situation where this does not work, but then you should be able to use \# instead of # (which still will become # in the link in the final document). — Jasper Habicht, Nov 24 '23 at 18:17

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 24 '23 at 19:27

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The \# escapes the hash symbol, ensuring that LaTeX interprets it as part of the URL rather than as a special character.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\begin{document}
This is an example of how to link to a specific section in a Wikipedia article.
Click on the following link to go to the 'History' section of the cricket page on Wikipedia:
\href{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket#History}{Cricket History}.
\end{document}

answered Nov 24 '23 at 19:27

John Smith

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Your example works just as well without escaping # – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Nov 24 '23 at 19:37
There might be some conflict between packages in the question – John Smith Nov 24 '23 at 19:51
That's why it is better to wait until a question is clear enough before answering. – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Nov 24 '23 at 19:57

Access specific sections of link

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