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/* moved to [[user:I18n/common.js]] */

/* test */
function linkingviaVIAF() {
/* goal / future  var targetURL = "http://librarything.com/author/viaf/viaf.org"; */

/* today */
  var targetURL = "http://yi.librarything.com/commonknowledge/search.php?f=13&exact=1&q=VIAF%3Aviaf.org";
 
  var magicRegex = /viaf.org/ig;
 
  for (var i = 0; i < document.links.length; i++)
  {
    if( document.links[i].href.match(/viaf.org\/(.*)/) )
    {
/*    document.links[i].href=targetURL.replace(magicRegex, RegExp.$1); */
      document.links[i].href=targetURL.replace(magicRegex, RegExp.$1.replace(/[\D]*/g, ''))
    }
  }
}
 
$(linkingviaVIAF);