Comments on: Test for an external link http://james.padolsey.com/javascript/test-for-an-external-link/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:03:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Carsten http://james.padolsey.com/javascript/test-for-an-external-link/comment-page-1/#comment-2179 Carsten Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:43:48 +0000 http://james.padolsey.com/?p=312#comment-2179 Hi James, I love your snippets - this one is another beauty! Personally I don't like using large frameworks because of the overhaed and all the stuff you need to learn but are not really interested in ... So, keep on bringing on the snippets! ;-) Hi James,
I love your snippets – this one is another beauty! Personally I don’t like using large frameworks because of the overhaed and all the stuff you need to learn but are not really interested in …

So, keep on bringing on the snippets! ;-)

]]> By: James http://james.padolsey.com/javascript/test-for-an-external-link/comment-page-1/#comment-2104 James Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:39:31 +0000 http://james.padolsey.com/?p=312#comment-2104 Pete, Regex may be a little more concise but it won't work if you use absolute URLs for internal links... Pete, Regex may be a little more concise but it won’t work if you use absolute URLs for internal links…

]]> By: Pete http://james.padolsey.com/javascript/test-for-an-external-link/comment-page-1/#comment-2102 Pete Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:12:50 +0000 http://james.padolsey.com/?p=312#comment-2102 I guess it's personal preference, but I like the terseness of Regular Expressions: <pre lang="javascript"> return /^http:\/\//i.test(href); </pre> I guess it’s personal preference, but I like the terseness of Regular Expressions:

return /^http:\/\//i.test(href);
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