js replace text link with anchor tags

var exp_match = /(\b(https?|):\/\/[-A-Z0-9+&@#\/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[-A-Z0-9+&@#\/%=~_|])/ig;<br /><br /> var element_content=content.replace(exp_match, “<a href=”https://wordlinkanswers.net/answers/21032/”>$1</a>”);<br /><br /> var new_exp_match =/(^|[^\/])(www\.[\S]+(\b|$))/gim;<br /><br /> var new_content=element_content.replace(new_exp_match, ‘$1<a target=”_blank” href=”http://$2″>$2</a>’);