The javascript below is looking for the word ‘margaret thatcher’ in the body and surrounding it with a link. It’s lower-case but the script is ignoring the case so that won’t matter. But, the problem is that because Margaret Thatcher is a proper noun, it will be capitalized in the body text yet replaced with lower-case text. How can I modify this script to look for the word while ignoring the case but use the same text it found as the replacement instead of using the text object?
<script type="text/javascript">
searchObj=new Object();
//The following lines define the text that you want to
//replace with hyperlinks. to add a new one just add a new
//property to the object and then add the text and link
//with a comma between them
searchObj.link1="margaret thatcher,http://www.bbc.co.uk";
function linkWord(obj){
for(i in obj){
var x = document.getElementById('text').innerHTML;
var linkStart = '<a href="'+obj[i].substring(obj[i].indexOf(",")+1)+'">';
var linkEnd = '</a>';
var reg = new RegExp ('\\\\b' + obj[i].substring(0, obj[i].indexOf(",")) + '\\\\b','gim');
x = x.replace(reg, linkStart + obj[i].substring(0, obj[i].indexOf(",")) + linkEnd);
document.getElementById('text').innerHTML = x;
//alert(linkStart);
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body onLoad="linkWord(searchObj);">
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