How can a String get converted to hyperlink

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Hi,

I have a list view in which I am continuously updating feeds through a String variable.

I wanted to provide the user facility to open the links directly coming in the messages. e.g.

$ASX Message : xxxXXXxx...1234.. www.yahoo.com

$ASX Message : xxxXXXxx...1234.. www.google.com

$ASX Message : xxxXXXxx...1234.. www.msn.com

I want the message to be displayed like above example and needed to be directed to open the relevent page in iexplorer when clicked.

Since I am getting these as string messages I am unable to display them as link.

Please help

Regards,

Ashish

Posted 7-Oct-10 18:55pm

honeyashu

Updated 7-Oct-10 21:42pm

Dalek Dave

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Dalek Dave 8-Oct-10 3:42am

Edited for Grammar

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< a href ="your url address">your text</a>

mat be it will solve

Posted 7-Oct-10 19:21pm

chandrashekhar racharla

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honeyashu 8-Oct-10 1:43am

No.. this will simply display as String.. Its not ASP buddy... :(

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Hiren solanki · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-07T20:12:00

Simply assume that the string you have is

string str = "I would always love to open www.codeproject.com for my KB updating and I always prefer www.google.com as my search engine";

So for replacement regex pattern will be

Regex regex = new Regex(@"\bwww.[A-Za-z-0-9]+\.com\b");

Now replace the Regex matched string with the Anchor,

Here you go,

str = regex.Replace(str,new MatchEvaluator(urlString));

Make MatchEvaluator delegate for replacement

public static urlString(Match m)
{
	return String.Format("<a href='http://{0}">{0}</a>",m.ToString());
}

Now you will have your final string in str Variable

Just do

Response.Write(str)

Your output will be,

I would always love to open www.codeproject.com for my KB updating and I always prefer www.google.com as my search engine

See the Magic.
Please vote and Accept Answer if it Helped.