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copied!<p>Ok, I've read the documentation for the <a href="http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/String.html#replace%28%29" rel="nofollow noreferrer">replace()</a> method.</p> <p>There are two key things:</p> <ol> <li>You can use <strong>$&</strong> to get the matched substring. A lot of handy and weird looking symbols there.</li> <li><strong>Use a second string</strong> when replacing, otherwise you end up in an endless loops and tiny black wholes keep spawning every now and then.</li> </ol> <p>Here's how the correct version of the function looks:</p> <pre><code>function addLinks(pattern:RegExp,text:String):String{ var result = ''; while(pattern.test(text)) result = text.replace(pattern, "<font color=\"#0000dd\"><a href=\"$&\">$&</a></font>"); if(result == '') result+= text;//if there was nothing to replace return result; } </code></pre> <p>As Cay mentioned, a stylesheet is more apropiate for styling. Thanks for the input.</p> <p><strong>UPDATE</strong></p> <p>The RegEx listed above doesn't work when links contain the # sign. Here's an updated version of the function:</p> <pre><code>function addAnchors(text:String):String{ var result:String = ''; var pattern:RegExp = /(?<!\S)(((f|ht){1}tp[s]?:\/\/|(?<!\S)www\.)[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%_\+.~#?&\/\/=]+)/g; while(pattern.test(text)) result = text.replace(pattern, "<font color=\"#0000dd\"><a href=\"$&\">$&</a></font>"); if(result == '') result+= text;//if there was nothing to replace return result; } </code></pre>

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