When knitting an Rmd file to pdf, hashtags in links to bookdown books are converted to %23 and don't work

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When I knit the following Rmd file to pdf, the # in the link to the bookdown book is converted to %23 and doesn't work. The link works fine if the Rmd is knitted to html instead of pdf.

I tried escaping the # with \ and \\; neither worked.

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output: pdf_document
urlcolor: blue
---

This link does not work in the rendered pdf:

https://bookdown.org/yihui/bookdown/markdown-syntax.html#inline-formatting

Is there any way to get such a link to work in a rendered pdf document?

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rr-markdownbookdown
Try encasing the link in \url{} like this: \url{https://bookdown.org/yihui/bookdown/markdown-syntax.html#inline-formatting}, and see if that works. You may have to include \usepackage{hyperref} in your .Rmd as well. - Justin Singh-M.
@JustinSingh Thanks for the suggestion... just tried, doesn't work. - jtr13
Might be an issue with the PDF viewer? tex.stackexchange.com/questions/555559/… - Justin Singh-M.
That's it, thank you! If you write this as an answer, I'll check it. - jtr13

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