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Linkify Tweet in Javascript
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tweet-linkify.js
String.prototype.linkify_tweet = function() {
var tweet = this.replace(/(\b(https?|ftp|file):\/\/[-A-Z0-9+&@#\/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[-A-Z0-9+&@#\/%=~_|])/ig,"<a href='$1'>$1</a>");
tweet = tweet.replace(/(^|\s)@(\w+)/g, "$1<a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/$2\">@$2</a>");
return tweet.replace(/(^|\s)#(\w+)/g, "$1<a href=\"http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23$2\">#$2</a>");
};
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links tweet to @replies, #hashtags, and http://someurl.com

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