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gistfile1.js
function parseTweet(str) {
return str
.replace(/\b((?:[a-z][\w-]+:(?:\/{1,3}|[a-z0-9%])|www\d{0,3}[.]|[a-z0-9.\-]+[.][a-z]{2,4}\/)(?:[^\s()<>]+|\(([^\s()<>]+|(\([^\s()<>]+\)))*\))+(?:\(([^\s()<>]+|(\([^\s()<>]+\)))*\)|[^\s`!()\[\]{};:'".,<>?«»“”‘’]))/gi, '<a href="$1" target="_blank" class="tweet-link">$1</a>')
.replace(/(^|[\W])@(\w+)/gi, '$1@<a href="http://twitter.com/$2">$2</a>')
.replace(/\#([a-zA-Z0-9-_]+)/gi, '<a href="http://twitter.com/search/%23$1" target="_blank" class="tweet-hash">#$1</a>');
}
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This method should be considered deprecated. The use of Twitter entities is encouraged.

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