regex check if string contains url code example

Example: check if string contains url

var reg = new RegExp('([a-zA-Z\d]+://)?((\w+:\w+@)?([a-zA-Z\d.-]+\.[A-Za-z]{2,4})(:\d+)?(/.*)?)', 'i')
if (reg.test(status_text)) {
    alert(reg.exec(status_text)[2]);
}