Has Twitter ever shared their logic for locating @usernames and hash
tags?
@([A-Za-z0-9_]+)
The above regex seems logical but I can see faults. It will pick up
the trailing domain in an email address.
I could look for a whitespace in front, or nothing in front and do
better.
Then there is the (via:@username) which luckily has a colon, but there
are cases where it does not, making a very special case.
Hash tags can be strange like #hash/foo
Any suggestions on the most reliable patterns? Twitter does a very
good job, catching "string,@username" as just @username but not
messing up on email addresses.
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Scott
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