Multiple \n in regex

[AMiSM]

I'm trying to remove multiple newlines from a variable using a regular expression. I've tried:

$text =~ s/\n+/\n/gms;
$text =~ s/\n+/\n/gs;

...but nothing works. I'm certain that there is nothing between each newline.

What am I doing wrong?

 

[MikeLacey]

hmmm

try this

while(/\n/){
s/\n//;
}

Mike

When working on any project the value of other people is exactly that - they are other people. The mismatch between their views and the view you've been contentedly assuming is right, is where that value lies.

 

[max1x]

In both instance your replacing \n with \n

$text =~ s/\n+/\n/gms;
$text =~ s/\n+/\n/gs;

$text =~ s/\n//g; replace \n with nothing.

 

[KevinADC]

it looks like they are collapsing multiple newlines into one newline. Might try:

$text =~ s/[\r\n]+/\n/gs;


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[AMiSM]

Whatever it is, it's acting like a newline. It just doesn't detect like it.
It's embedded all over the place in the html at this site:

http://www.voanews.com

Here is one of the pages in question:

http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2007-01/2007-01-01-voa11.cfm?renderforprint=1&pageid=312196

 

[AMiSM]

Ok, I feel really stupid. I overlooked a bit of code that made some more \n's after others were removed. Sorry folks.