Quick Google search link

[luckman212]

Quickly insert a Google Search link as a markdown link.

<%*
  if (tp.file.selection() === "" ) {
    new Notice('Please select some text first!');
  } else {
    %>[<% tp.file.selection() %>](https://google.com/search?q=<% encodeURIComponent(tp.file.selection()) %>)<%*
  }
%>

[welpdx]

<%*
  if (tp.file.selection() === "" ) {
    new Notice('Please select some text first!');
  } else {
    %>[<% tp.file.selection() %>](https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=<% encodeURIComponent(tp.file.selection()) %>)<%*
  }
%>

If you want google scholar search

[nyanmaid]

Why do we escape tp.file.selection() and encodeURIComponent? I think these are available in js without being escaped out from the script.
Also, we can use tR to output texts, is that correct?

[AB1908]

You can and there's many ways of writing the text. I personally prefer a slightly different approach but if it works, it works.

[MarredCheese]

OP chose to keep switching in and out of literal mode and code mode to combine static and dynamic text. That's why it's like that. But I think it's unnecessarily confusing. Here's something more straightforward:

<%*
const s = tp.file.selection();
if (s === "")
  new Notice('Please select some text first!');
else
  tR += `[${s}](https://google.com/search?q=${encodeURIComponent(s)})`;
%>

[JustAnotherSapiens]

The Bing version:

<%*
  const selection = tp.file.selection();
  if (selection === '') {
    new Notice('Please select some text first!');
  } else {
    const searchQuery = encodeURIComponent(selection);
    var bingSearch = `https://www.bing.com/search?q=${searchQuery}`;
    tR += `[${selection}](${bingSearch})`;
  }
%>

[Dercraker]

It's easy to update this script by replacing the notice with an entry.
This allows you to add search text if nothing is selected.

<%*
let searchText = tp.file.selection();
if (searchText === "")
  searchText = await tp.system.prompt("Please enter some search text...","",true);
const searchQuery = encodeURIComponent(searchText);
tR = `[${searchText}](https://google.com/search?q=${searchQuery})\n`;
%>

[iLiftALot]

tR += `\n[${searchText}](https://google.com/search?q=${searchQuery})\n`;

Ensure you add that += in the last line to avoid losing page content