Question

I want to convert following html code into continuous string using jquery/javascript.

<ul> 
    <li>one</li>
    <li>two</li>
    <li>three</li>
</ul>

This is the html placed inside the textarea(with id “description”) when I read these contains using $('#description').text(), I get this description as

one 
two 
three

instead I would like to get it as “one two three” i.e. continuous, any suggestion?

Answer 1

You need to remove line breaks.

someText = $('#description').text();
someText = someText.replace(/(\r\n|\n|\r)/gm,"");

Or replace them with spaces:

someText = someText.replace(/(\r\n|\n|\r)/gm," ");

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http://www.textfixer.com/tutorials/javascript-line-breaks.php