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+(ns clarktown.renderers.italic
+  (:require
+    [clojure.string :as string]))
+
+
+(defn render
+  "Renders all occurring italic text as italic."
+  [block _ _]
+  (loop [block block
+         matches (-> (re-seq #"(\*{1,}?|\_{1,}?)(.*?)(\*{1,}?|\_{1,}?)" block)
+                     distinct)]
+    (if (empty? matches)
+      block
+      (let [match (ffirst matches)
+            value (subs match 1 (- (count match) 1))
+            replacement (str "<em>" value "</em>")]
+        (recur (string/replace block match replacement)
+               (drop 1 matches))))))