JavaScript, how to remove multiple line breaks
I had a string and I found out it had double line breaks, something like this:
A phrase...
Another phrase...
Another phrase...But I wanted it to have online 1 line break in it instead:
A phrase...
Another phrase...
Another phrase...Here’s what I did to get the result I wanted:
text = text.replace(/[\r\n]{2,}/g, '\n\n')If regular expressions are a mystery to you, check my regular expressions guide.
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