This whole thing is messy and fragile by its very nature. I'd argue that if you have to get as fancy as linking to the second instance of a string, then your od

This whole thing is messy and fragile by its very nature. I'd argue that if you have to get as fancy as linking to the second instance of a string, then your odds of the link going to the right place later are not that great anyway. So it might not be worth even trying to solve that problem.