my $newcontent = _translateLinks2($initcontent);

#
sub _translateLinks2 {
  my $content = shift;

  my @all = split(/ /,$content);
  my $skip = 0;
  my @trans;

  for my $a (@all) {

    # print "{ $a }\n";
    if ($a =~ m#<a#i) {
      $skip = 1;
    }

    # print  "skip : $skip\n";
    if ($skip == 0 && $a =~ m#http#i) {
      if ($a =~ m#^(\n|\r)#) {
        $a =~ s/\n|\r//gis;
        $a = qq(\n<a href="$a">$a</a>);
      }
      elsif ($a =~ m#(\n|\r)$#) {
        $a =~ s/\n|\r//gis;
        $a = qq(<a href="$a">$a</a>\n);
      }
      else {
        $a = qq(<a href="$a">$a</a>);
      }
}
    elsif ($skip == 0 && $a =~ m#\w+\.com|\w+\.net|\w+\.org|\w+\.gov#i
+) {
      if ($a =~ m#^(\n|\r)#) {
        $a =~ s/\n|\r//gis;
        $a = qq(\n<a href="http://$a">http://$a</a>);
      }
      elsif ($a =~ m#(\n|\r)$#) {
        $a =~ s/\n|\r//gis;
        $a = qq(<a href="http://$a">http://$a</a>\n);
      }
      else {
        $a = qq(<a href="http://$a">http://$a</a>);
      }
    }

    # print "[[ $a ]]\n";
    if ($a =~ m#<\/a>#i) {
      $skip = 0;
    }

    push (@trans,$a);
  }

  my $translated = join (' ',@trans);
  return $translated;
}

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In reply to Re: Adding href where needed. by Anonymous Monk
in thread Adding href where needed. by electronicMacks

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