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Asked: 2026-05-30T11:25:43+00:00

I’m trying to convert text containing URL’s into HTML anchors using Visual Basic in

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I’m trying to convert text containing URL’s into HTML anchors using Visual Basic in ASP.NET 2.0, so far I have this (which is working) but it only picks up http and https:

Regex.Replace(message, "https?://[^\s]*", "<a href=""$0"">$0</a>", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)

I would like it to be able to also pick up anything starting “www.”, so I tried the following: 

Regex.Replace(message, "(https?://|www\.)[^\s]*", "<a href=""$0"">$0</a>", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)

However, if it starts with “www.” the first $0 in the replacement requires an additional “http://&#8221; to be put in front… and I haven’t got a clue how to do it (or if it’s possible).

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  1. Editorial Team

    Try this:

    Regex.Replace(message, "(?:http(s?)://|(www\.))([^\s]+)", "<a href=""http$1://$2$3"">http$1://$2$3</a>", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)
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