Images

Embedding an image is very similar to adding a link in Markdown:

![Alt text](URL or file path)

• Add an exclamation mark !
• Followed by the alt text in square brackets [Alt text]
• And the path or URL to the image asset in parentheses ( ).

For example:

![Sonny and Mariel high fiving.](https://content.codecademy.com/courses/learn-cpp/community-challenge/highfive.gif)

The output would be:

An optional title can also be added after the URL, still in the parentheses:

![Sonny and Mariel high fiving.](https://content.codecademy.com/courses/learn-cpp/community-challenge/highfive.gif 'High Five')

Linked Images

To add a link to an image, enclose the Markdown for the image in brackets, and then add the link in parentheses.

[![A mushroom-head robot drinking bubble tea](/assets/images/codey.jpg 'Codey the Codecademy mascot drinking bubble tea')](https://codecademy.com)

The above example results in the following linked image: