Question

How to change # tag + Character to link using javascript

This is going #right on the way

with

This is going <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/search/right">right</a> on the way

even this is also acceptable

This is going <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/search/right">#right</a> on the way

The page lots’s of # (hash) tag in different classes and id’s

Answer 1

var string = "This is going #right on the way";
string.replace(/#(\S*)/g,'<a href="http://twitter.com/#!/search/$1">$1</a>')

Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/dKm82/