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Created November 24, 2012 04:58
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Creates a link out a url string
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gistfile1.js
String.prototype.linkify = function(target) {
target = typeof target != 'undefined' ? target : '';
return this.replace(/(http(s)?:\/\/(\S)+)/gmi, '<a href="$1" target="' + target + '">$1</a>');
};
"http://www.google.com".linkify() // "<a href="http://www.google.com" target="">http://www.google.com</a>"
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