simple_format and 2+ newline(
)

Question

I'm using rails and need to show text, having 3 or more newline characters in a row. I found `simple_format` method, but it works with 2,3,4,... symbols identically Two or more consecutive newlines( ) are considered as a paragraph and wrapped in < p > tags. For example, my text is ``` 1.9.3p0 :015 > Article.last.text => "1 2 33" ``` when i do `<%= simple_format Article.last.text.html_safe %>` it generates me this view: ```

1

2

# but i need
or smth else there

3

``` Other solutions are welcome, thanks.

Accepted Answer

I might still be missing something, but why not just use `string.gsub(a, b)`: ``` "1 2 33".gsub(" ", "
").html_safe # => "1

2

33" ``` Surely you can also pass the previous line to `simple_format` to have the line wrapped into a `

` tag.

simple_format and 2+ newline(\n)

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