diff --git a/block.go b/block.go
index 498c084..1393ff1 100644
--- a/block.go
+++ b/block.go
@@ -1485,3 +1485,19 @@ func (p *parser) paragraph(data []byte) int {
 	p.renderParagraph(data[:i])
 	return i
 }
+
+func skipChar(data []byte, start int, char byte) int {
+	i := start
+	for i < len(data) && data[i] == char {
+		i++
+	}
+	return i
+}
+
+func skipUntilChar(text []byte, start int, char byte) int {
+	i := start
+	for i < len(text) && text[i] != char {
+		i++
+	}
+	return i
+}
diff --git a/html.go b/html.go
index efd30a6..d530061 100644
--- a/html.go
+++ b/html.go
@@ -216,14 +216,6 @@ func findHtmlTagPos(tag []byte, tagname string) (bool, int) {
 	return false, -1
 }
 
-func skipUntilChar(text []byte, start int, char byte) int {
-	i := start
-	for i < len(text) && text[i] != char {
-		i++
-	}
-	return i
-}
-
 func skipSpace(tag []byte, i int) int {
 	for i < len(tag) && isspace(tag[i]) {
 		i++
@@ -231,14 +223,6 @@ func skipSpace(tag []byte, i int) int {
 	return i
 }
 
-func skipChar(data []byte, start int, char byte) int {
-	i := start
-	for i < len(data) && data[i] == char {
-		i++
-	}
-	return i
-}
-
 func isRelativeLink(link []byte) (yes bool) {
 	// a tag begin with '#'
 	if link[0] == '#' {