How to replace word in text with link (Pug)? - string

Question

I am a very beginner in Pug and I'm trying to solve the following task: Every occurrence (in text) of the following words shall become a link to the destination defined below:
sed -> https://google.com
liq -> https://facebook.com
Тhis works as I expected, but keeps anchor tag as string.
- var str = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Pulvinar elementum integer sed neque volutpat ac. Facilisis liq odio morbi quis commodo odio aenean . Vel facilisis volutpat liq velit. Viverra aliquet liq sit amet tellus cras adipiscing sed.";
- var url = '#[a(href="https://google.com") sed]'; //I tried with these ones too - var url = 'sed'; var url = 'a(href="https://google.com)sed'
- var res = str.replace(/sed/g, url);
p #{res}
Here my latest atempt:
mixin link(href, name)
a(href=href target!=attributes.target )= name
//+link('https://google.com', 'Google')(target="blank")
- var str = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Pulvinar elementum integer sed neque volutpat ac. Facilisis liq odio morbi quis commodo odio aenean . Vel facilisis volutpat liq velit. Viverra aliquet liq sit amet tellus cras adipiscing sed.";
- var link = +link('https://google.com', 'Google')(target="blank");
- var res = str.replace(/sed/g, link);
p #{res}

Answer 1

I've never seen Pug mixins used within javascript code blocks like that before. I'm surprised it even outputs the anchor tag at all.
That being said, you can use the unescaped string interpolation syntax (!{variable}) instead of the regular string interpolation syntax (#{variable}) to get the link to render as a link.
In your case:
p !{res}
But keep in mind this word of warning from the Pug documentation:
Caution
Keep in mind that buffering unescaped content into your templates can be mighty risky if that content comes fresh from your users. Never trust user input!