Tutorial: linking to an answer

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Daniel Shub
Daniel Shub on 25 Apr 2012
I know this has been asked/discussed before, but my google foo is failing me (and the Answers search system is just down right broken)
How do you link to an answer?

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Daniel Shub
Daniel Shub on 25 Apr 2012
I found the instruction in a comment by Walter to this answer in the "wish list" asking for the ability to add a link. I got there by re-reading this answer in "how to write a good answer". Now the question is what do I do with the information now that I found it again. Maybe it belongs in "how to write a good answer" or how to format your question.
For now I will repeat Walter's instructions here:
I have figured out how to use the existing interface to get the tags to a particular answer.
Hover over the "add a comment" link for the answer you wish to construct a direct URL to. You will see a link such as,
Pull out the number before "comments" and construct the anchor as #answer followed by the number, such as #answer_1459. That is the relative anchor, to which you would prefix the page URL, such as this page's URL
The net result would be
This URL will not change when the display algorithm reorders the answers due to voting or however it determines what should go first on the page.
@Walter if you want the rep, feel free to add the answer and I will accept yours.
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Jan
Jan on 30 Jun 2012
Fortunately these instructions are outdated due to the new link buttons.

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