MediaWiki:Common.js

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/* Any JavaScript here will be loaded for all users on every page load. */

function wikifyText (startString, endString, text, list) {
    list = list.map( function (str) {
        return str.replace( /([^a-z0-9_])/g, '\\$1' );
    });
    list.sort();
    list.reverse();
    var re = new RegExp( '\\b(' + list.join('|') + ')\\b', 'g' );
    return text.replace( re, startString + '$1' + endString );
}