diff --git a/Render.go b/Render.go
index 3bc3df4..c8cd507 100644
--- a/Render.go
+++ b/Render.go
@@ -270,9 +270,8 @@ func (r *renderer) writeText(markdown string) {
 
 		i += searchStart
 		searchStart = i + 1
-		c := markdown[i]
 
-		switch c {
+		switch markdown[i] {
 		case '[':
 			r.WriteString(html.EscapeString(markdown[tokenStart:i]))
 			tokenStart = i