[LEAP_makeLink]

Description

Parses a string for links to make clickable links.

Based on the RegExp published at http://daringfireball.net/2010/07/improved_regex_for_matching_urls

Accepts an optional keyword parameter "newWindow" that inserts _target="blank" if true. The default value is false.

Sample Usage

LEAP_makeLink('Visit http://www.lassosoft.com/ every day!') 
LEAP_makeLink('Visit http://www.lassosoft.com/ every day!',-newWindow=true) 

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define LEAP_makeLink(x::string,-newWindow::boolean=false) => {
	// ref http://daringfireball.net/2010/07/improved_regex_for_matching_urls
	#x = string(string_replaceregexp(
		#x, 
		-find='(\\W|^)((?:https?://(?:[a-z0-9.\\-]+[.])+[a-z]{2,4}/)(?:[^\\s()<>]+|\\(([^\\s()<>]+|(\\([^\\s()<>]+\\)))*\\))*(?:\\(([^\\s()<>]+|(\\([^\\s()<>]+\\)))*\\)|[^\\s`!()\\]\\[{};:\'".,<>?«»])?)',
		-replace='\\1\\2'
	))
	if(#newWindow) => {
		#x->replace('|XX|',' target="_blank"')
	else
		#x->replace('|XX|','')
	}
	return #x
}

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