#!/usr/bin/env perl
use 5.034;

my $text = <<'EOT';
This is an appt: 1203
So is 1001.
But 8675 is not.
EOT
chomp($text);

my $digits_4_re = qr{ (?<!-)\b[0-9]{4}\b(?!-) }xms;

my %valid_appt_numbers = ( 1001 => 1, 1203 => 1, );

sub _anchor_if_apt {
    my $candidate = shift;

    if ( exists $valid_appt_numbers{$candidate} ) {
        return _anchor_for_num($candidate);
    } else {
        return $candidate;
    }
}

sub _anchor_for_num {
    my $unit = shift;
    return qq{<a href="apartment.pl?do_what=view&unit=$unit"><b>$unit</b></a>};
}

$text =~ s{($digits_4_re)}{ _anchor_if_apt( $1 ) }xsmeg;

say $text;

exit 0;

__END__
$ perl texty.plx
This is an appt: <a href="apartment.pl?do_what=view&unit=1203"><b>1203</b></a>
So is <a href="apartment.pl?do_what=view&unit=1001"><b>1001</b></a>.
But 8675 is not.