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  1. var grammar = {
  2. 	BracedTextRegex : new RegExp('\{.*\}')
  3. };
  4.  
  5. $('td.kanji').linkBracedText();
  6.  
  7. $.fn.linkBracedText = function() {
  8.  
  9. 	this.each(function() {
  10. 		// get text in curly-braces, abort if nothing
  11. 		var sentence = $(this).text();
  12. 		var $bracedText = sentence.match(grammar.BracedTextRegex);
  13. 		if ($bracedText === null) return;
  14. 		var bracedText = $bracedText[0].substr(1,$bracedText[0].length-2);
  15.  
  16. 		// replace curly-braced text with a span, which serves as an insertion point
  17. 		sentence = sentence.replace(grammar.BracedTextRegex,'<span></span>');
  18.  
  19. 		// find the 1st link (magically the 1 I need), change text to what was in curly braces
  20. 		var link = $(this).closest('tr').find('a:first').clone();
  21. 		link.text(bracedText);
  22.  
  23. 		//overwrite this element with a copy that has curly-braced replaced with appropriate link
  24. 		$(this).html(sentence).find('span').append(link);
  25. })};

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