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copied!<h3>1. Here is the <a href="http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/spotlight-jquery-replacetext/" rel="nofollow">jQuery plugin which replaces text snippets</a></h3> <pre><code>/** * jQuery plugin to replace text strings * * Taken from @link http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/spotlight-jquery-replacetext/ */ $.fn.replaceText = function( search, replace, text_only ) { return this.each(function(){ var node = this.firstChild, val, new_val, remove = []; if ( node ) { do { if ( node.nodeType === 3 ) { val = node.nodeValue; new_val = val.replace( search, replace ); if ( new_val !== val ) { if ( !text_only && /</.test( new_val ) ) { $(node).before( new_val ); remove.push( node ); } else { node.nodeValue = new_val; } } } } while ( node = node.nextSibling ); } remove.length && $(remove).remove(); }); }; </code></pre> <h3>2. Here is the code which you can use to achieve the replacements</h3> <pre><code>// the array of affiliate links var affiliates = [ ['google', 'http://www.google.com/'], ['bing', 'http://www.bing.com/'], ['yahoo', 'http://www.yahoo.com/'] ], $p = $('p'), // the selector to search text within i = 0, // index declared here to avoid overhead on the loop size = affiliates.length, // size of the affiliates array // again declared here to avoid overhead reg; // the regex holder variable // loop over all the affiliates array for(i; i < size; i++){ // create a regex for each affiliate reg = new RegExp('('+affiliates[i][0]+')','gi'); // finally replace the string with the link // NOTE: do not forget to include the aforementioned plugin before this code, // otherwise this won't work $p.replaceText(reg, '<a href="'+affiliates[i][2]+'">$1</a>'); } </code></pre> <p><a href="http://jsfiddle.net/Shef/7nxv3/" rel="nofollow"><strong>Here is a demo</strong></a></p> <h3>3. You need to make some changes</h3> <p>All you have to do is change the jQuery selector, and the affiliates array. The rest will be taken care of by the plugin. <strong>The plugin is smart enough not to replace the element's attributes</strong>.</p>

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