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highlight(text, phrase, highlighter = '\1') public

Highlights phrase everywhere it is found in text by inserting it into a highlighter string. The highlighter can be specialized by passing highlighter as a single-quoted string with \1 where the phrase is to be inserted.

  highlight('You searched for: rails', 'rails')
   => You searched for: <strong class="highlight">rails</strong>

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# File actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb, line 46
      def highlight(text, phrase, highlighter = '<strong class="highlight">\1</strong>')
        if phrase.blank? then return text end
        text.gsub(/(#{Regexp.escape(phrase)})/i, highlighter) unless text.nil?
      end

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