Chapter 12 Example 10

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package {
  import com.actionscriptbible.Example;
  public class ch12ex10 extends Example {
    public function ch12ex10() {
      var testLink:String = '"Roger Braunstein" <roger@actionscriptbible.com>';
      trace(headerToLink((testLink)));
      //<a href="mailto:roger@actionscriptbible.com">Roger Braunstein</a>
    }
    protected function headerToLink(fromField:String):String {
      //a from address with a name takes the format:
      //(some stuff, perhaps in quotes, which is the name),
      //perhaps some whitespace, <,
      //(some stuff with an @, which is the address), >
      var findHeader:RegExp = /"? (?P<name>.+?) "? \s* < (?P<email>.+@.+) >/x;
      var match:Object = fromField.match(findHeader);
      if (match) {
        return '<a href="mailto:' + match.email + '">' + match.name + '</a>';
      }
      //if this is not the format of the header, don't mess with it
      return fromField;
    }
  }
}