s[((\w+://|www\.|WWW\.)[a-zA-Z0-9\.\@:-]+[^\"\'>< \r\t\n]*)] {
    local $_ = $1;
    my $scheme = $2;
    s/// if (my $trailing) = /([.,!?()\[\]]+$)/;
    s/&(?!\x23?\w+;)/&amp;/g;
    s/\"/&quot;/g;
    my $href = ($scheme =~ /www\./i ? "http://$_" : $_);
    qq{<a href="$href" target="_blank">$_</a>$trailing};
}eg;

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is what I use.

Juerd # { site => 'juerd.nl', plp_site => 'plp.juerd.nl', do_not_use => 'spamtrap' }

In reply to Re: changing existing text to a link by Juerd
in thread changing existing text to a link by Anonymous Monk

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