string replace new line javascript code example
Example 1: javascript replace line breaks with br
function nl2br(str){
return str.replace(/(?:\r\n|\r|\n)/g, '<br>');
}
var stringWithNewLines= `Well this is a
a very broken
sentance`;
var stringWithBrs=nl2br(stringWithNewLines);
Example 2: javascript remove line breaks from string
var stringWithLineBreaks = `
O boy
I've got
Breaks
`;
var stringWithoutLineBreaks = stringWithLineBreaks.replace(/(\r\n|\n|\r)/gm, "");
Example 3: javascript replace \n
var r = "I\nam\nhere";
var s = r.replace(/\n/g,' ');