How could I identify plain text website addresses and wrap them in an href tag?

Asked Jun 12 '18 at 22:18

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I have a text field and when the page loads, I need to wrap any websites listed in that field with an href tag.

www.google.com needs to be changed to

<a href="www.google.com"><\a>

Not sure if this can be done with jquery or if I'd have to use regular expressions.

edited Jun 12 '18 at 22:25

asked Jun 12 '18 at 22:18

BL1901

What is your definition of a *website*? – PM 77-1 Jun 12 '18 at 22:19
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You need to provide a bit of code, like what you're getting and what your desired output would be, along with what you've tried up until this point. – Mike Jun 12 '18 at 22:20
We need more information to solve this problem? So is this just an input box? Are you trying to just take an arbitrary string and turn it into a clickable link? – Fallenreaper Jun 12 '18 at 22:28
**Note that `<\a>` is NOT a valid hyperlink to the google website.** The protocol (http:// or https://) is missing, and the link will then be interpreted as a "page with that name" on YOUR OWN website. (Also, html tags should be closed using a slash: ``, not a backslash) – Peter B Jun 12 '18 at 22:29

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