Converting links to links

Question

I have an jQuery ajax function which returns data. This data contains text such as:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, http://www.consectetur.com adipiscing elit. Nam quis purus id nulla http://www.bibendum.com iaculis. Phasellus varius pellentesque libero, ac congue neque dignissim eu

How do I convert this too:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, <a href="http://www.consectetur.com">http://www.consectetur.com</a> adipiscing elit. Nam quis purus id nulla a href="http://www.bibendum.com">http://www.bibendum.com</a> iaculis. Phasellus varius pellentesque libero, ac congue neque dignissim eu

Have a look at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37684/how-to-replace-plain-urls-with-links — Thorsten, Jun 30 '11 at 15:14

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 30 '11 at 15:15

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Stand back! I know regular expressions:

var anchored = myInputData.replace( /(http:\/\/[^\s]{5,})/g, 
                                    "<a href=\"$1\">$1</a>")

(Globally replaces everything which starts with http:// and continues until there is whitespace with the pattern you describe)

answered Jun 30 '11 at 15:15

cwallenpoole

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Add s? so it also supports ssl. – Amir Raminfar Jun 30 '11 at 15:20
That works nicely, but not with I add it to the rest of my script. So I'll accept this answer and start a new question shortly. – oshirowanen Jun 30 '11 at 15:23

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 30 '11 at 15:13

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I would use regex matches to find "http://...... " and add the anchor stuff around it.

Excellent reference for javascript regex is here

answered Jun 30 '11 at 15:13

kasdega

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Converting links to links

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