TEXT TO HTML REGEX METHOD

       
//TEXT TO HTML REGEX METHOD
public string TextToHtml(string inputtext ) 
{ 
inputtext = Regex.Replace(inputtext, "<", "<") ; 
inputtext = Regex.Replace(inputtext, ">", ">") ; 
inputtext = Regex.Replace(inputtext, @"http://(.\S+)", "$1") ; 
inputtext = Regex.Replace(inputtext, @"ftp://(.\S+)", "$1ftp://$1\">$1;") ; 
inputtext = Regex.Replace(inputtext, @"news://(.\S+)", "$1;") ; 
inputtext = Regex.Replace(inputtext, @"(\S+\@.*\..\S+)", "$1;") ; 
inputtext = Regex.Replace(inputtext, "\n", "
") ; 
inputtext = Regex.Replace(inputtext, @"\s\s", "  ") ; 
return inputtext ; 
}