Javascript/jQuery - parse hashtags in a string using regex, except for anchors in URLs

Question

I\'ve looked at a couple of other possible solutions on SO but didn\'t see any that were doing what I was doing.

Currently I have been able to parse a string and det

Answer 1

I know this has been answered, but if you need styling, here's a solution i used on a project:

The quick brown #fox jumps over the #second  lazy dog
 

//jquery
var str = $('#result').html(); 
var edt = str.replace(/(^|\s)(#[a-z\d-]+)/ig, "$1$2");

$('#result2').html(edt);




//CSS
.hash_tag {color:red;}
#result {display:none;}