Method handleMatch

markdown/inlinepatterns.py:225–241

(self, m)

class LinkPattern (Pattern):
    """ Return a link element from the given match. """
    def handleMatch(self, m):
        el = markdown.etree.Element("a")
        el.text = m.group(2)
        title = m.group(11)
        href = m.group(9)

        if href:
            if href[0] == "<":
                href = href[1:-1]
            el.set("href", self.sanitize_url(href.strip()))
        else:
            el.set("href", "")

        if title:
            title = dequote(title) #.replace('"', "&quot;")
            el.set("title", title)
        return el

    def sanitize_url(self, url):
        """