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Asked: May 29, 20262026-05-29T23:14:38+00:00 2026-05-29T23:14:38+00:00

Basically I need to remove all the empty paragraphs from a text. The following

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Basically I need to remove all the empty paragraphs from a text. The following does not seem to work…

String postLevel = content.replaceAll("<p>\\s*</p>", "");

Any thoughts as to why?

Non-ascii characters got into the string somehow…..I removed them and this worked. LOLz

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    2026-05-29T23:14:40+00:00Added an answer on May 29, 2026 at 11:14 pm

    I would try this expression instead:

    <p>\\s*</p>|<p/>
    

    This would take care of <p></p> and <p/> empty paragraphs as well.

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