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JavaScript

function urlify(text) {
    var urlRegex = /(https?:\/\/[^\s]+)/g;
    return text.replace(urlRegex, function(url) {
        return '<a href="' + url + '">' + url + '</a>';
    })}

var text = "Hey check out this link http://t.co/generatedlink";
    var a = urlify(text);
    alert(a);