replace two br with single one jquery

Question

Trying to replace two   with a single one.
Can't get it work. been trying for a couple of hours.

My code: thishtml = thishtml.replace(/(?: \s*){2,}/g, ' ')

Not working.
Help will be great.

Thanks ahead.

[This question](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19861184/remove-sequential-br-in-div-filled-by-cms-users-via-rich-text-editors/19862178) may help. — Jason P, Nov 14 '13 at 13:46
possible duplicate of [Replace multiple
's with only one
](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17061931/replace-multiple-brs-with-only-one-br) — Qantas 94 Heavy, Nov 14 '13 at 13:47

moonwave99 · Answer 1 · 2013-11-14T14:02:11.450

7

$('br').map(function(){

  ($next = $(this).next()).is('br') && $next.remove();

});

If your html is not coming from the DOM:

$(thishtml).find('br').map( ... )

edited Nov 14 '13 at 14:02

answered Nov 14 '13 at 13:47

moonwave99

this is great if he were acting on the DOM.. we don't know where his html is coming from though – CrayonViolent Nov 14 '13 at 13:57
1

@CrayonViolent then `$(someHtml).find('br').map( ... )`^^ – moonwave99 Nov 14 '13 at 14:01

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 14 '13 at 13:47

3

Try

thishtml = thishtml.replace(/(?:<br[^>]*>\s*){2,}/g, ' ')

answered Nov 14 '13 at 13:47

CrayonViolent

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 14 '13 at 13:49

1

try this :

.replace(/(?:<\s*br\s*\/?\>\s*){2,}/ig, ' ');

example :

var a='sdf sd\
sdf\
sdf\
<br    />\
    <br/>\
  dfbd'

result :

sdf sdsdfsdf dfbd

answered Nov 14 '13 at 13:49

Royi Namir

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 14 '13 at 13:53

0

try this:

.replace(/(\<br[\s]*\/\>){2,}/g, '<br/>')

answered Nov 14 '13 at 13:53

Yjae Dalina

4 Answers4