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@gruber's improved regex for matching URLs written in Ruby
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url_regex.rb
# From @gruber http://daringfireball.net/2010/07/improved_regex_for_matching_urls
#http://ryanangilly.com/post/8654404046/grubers-improved-regex-for-matching-urls-written
UrlRegex = /\b((?:https?:\/\/|www\d{0,3}[.]|[a-z0-9.\-]+[.][a-z]{2,4}\/?)(?:[^\s()<>]+|\(([^\s()<>]+|(\([^\s()<>]+\)))*\))+(?:\(([^\s()<>]+|(\([^\s()<>]+\)))*\)|[^\s\`!()\[\]{};:\'\".,<>?«»“”‘’]))/i
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