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Is there any easy way to quote in a comment? You can quote in a question or an answer easily. Just put ">" in front of the quoted statements. However, this does not work in a comment.

Similarly you can write a link in a question or an answer by writing, for example, [here][1] and [1]:the linked address. However, this does not work in a comment.

Sorry if the solutions are well known.

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You can quote by simply using quotation marks. You can write a link in a post or comment like [this](url here), for example google link.

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    $\begingroup$ Note that the URL needs the http:// part. E.g. Google vs. [Google](www.google.com). $\endgroup$
    – Douglas S. Stones
    Aug 16, 2013 at 5:02
  • $\begingroup$ +1 Thanks a lot. $\endgroup$
    – Makoto Kato
    Aug 16, 2013 at 6:50
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I don't think the block quote formatting is available in comments, but you could also just use quotation marks, "[text]" or «[text]». You could get gray background if preferred by using `[text]`, which would result in [text].

(The rest was answered as I was writing.)

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  • $\begingroup$ testing gray background $\endgroup$
    – Jonas Meyer
    Aug 16, 2013 at 4:58
  • $\begingroup$ +1 Thanks a lot. $\endgroup$
    – Makoto Kato
    Aug 16, 2013 at 6:51
  • $\begingroup$ But MathJax doesn't seem to work on gray background: $\frac{\sin x}{n} = 6$ $\endgroup$
    – Adayah
    Jul 12, 2018 at 11:40

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