I want <br /><br /> to turn into <br />
What’s the pattern for this with regex?
Note: The <br /> tags can occur more than 2 times in a row.
I want <br /><br /> to turn into <br /> What’s the pattern for
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I want <br /><br /> to turn into <br />
What’s the pattern for this with regex?
Note: The <br /> tags can occur more than 2 times in a row.
You could use
s/(<br \/>)+/<br \/>/, but if you are trying to use regex on HTML you are likely doing something wrong.Edit: A slightly more robust pattern you could use if you have mixed breaks:
/(<br\ ?\/?>)+/This will catch
<br/>and<br>as well, which might be useful in certain cases.