Search and replace a paragraph on next line

ownedbycats · 01-04-2025, 04:57 PM

I downloaded a fanfic that looks like this:

Code:

<p>Blah blah blah</br>
Blah blah blah</br>
Blah blah blah</br>
Blah blah blah</p>

How would I search-replace the s to:

Code:

<p>Blah blah blah</p>
<p>Blah blah blah</p>
<p>Blah blah blah</p>
<p>Blah blah blah</p>

Karellen · 01-04-2025, 05:11 PM

Try...

Code:

</br>\n?\s+

and replace with a space

?\s+ is there in case you have indented the lines.

==Edit==

Sorry, gave you the wrong solution.

The repace is

Code:

</p>\n<p>

The previous solution was to combine the lines, not separate them.

ownedbycats · 01-04-2025, 05:24 PM

Thanks

skil-phil · 01-13-2025, 08:07 AM

Thanks, helped me too.

ownedbycats · 01-19-2025, 04:05 PM

New question: I have another fanfic that looks like this:

Code:

<p>Blah blah blah.
<br/>
Blah blah blah.<br/>
<br/>
Blah blah blah.<br/>
<br/>
Blah blah blah.</p>

What should I do here?

Karellen · 01-19-2025, 04:17 PM

Assuming you want separate paragraphs

Search... (\n)?( )?\n \n
Replace... \n

A little bit more complicated because the first line has only a single

ownedbycats · 01-19-2025, 05:31 PM

Thank you

lomkiri · 01-20-2025, 06:14 AM

Or this one, which works with any number of (separated or not by a new line) :

Code:

\n?(<br/>\n?)+

01-04-2025, 04:57 PM	#1
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,912 Karma: 74203799 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Search and replace a paragraph on next line I downloaded a fanfic that looks like this: Code: <p>Blah blah blah</br> Blah blah blah</br> Blah blah blah</br> Blah blah blah</p> How would I search-replace the <br/>s to: Code: <p>Blah blah blah</p> <p>Blah blah blah</p> <p>Blah blah blah</p> <p>Blah blah blah</p>

01-04-2025, 05:11 PM	#2
Karellen Wizard Posts: 1,611 Karma: 9500498 Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2	Try... Code: </br>\n?\s+ and replace with a space ?\s+ is there in case you have indented the lines. ==Edit== Sorry, gave you the wrong solution. The repace is Code: </p>\n<p> The previous solution was to combine the lines, not separate them. Last edited by Karellen; 01-04-2025 at 05:14 PM.

01-19-2025, 04:05 PM	#5
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,912 Karma: 74203799 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	New question: I have another fanfic that looks like this: Code: <p>Blah blah blah. <br/> Blah blah blah.<br/> <br/> Blah blah blah.<br/> <br/> Blah blah blah.</p> What should I do here?

01-19-2025, 04:17 PM	#6
Karellen Wizard Posts: 1,611 Karma: 9500498 Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2	Assuming you want separate paragraphs Search... (\n)?(<br/>)?\n<br/>\n Replace... </p>\n<p> A little bit more complicated because the first line has only a single <br/>

01-20-2025, 06:14 AM	#8
lomkiri Groupie Posts: 167 Karma: 1497966 Join Date: Jul 2021 Device: N/A	Or this one, which works with any number of <br/> (separated or not by a new line) : Code: \n?(<br/>\n?)+

01-04-2025, 05:24 PM	#3
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,912 Karma: 74203799 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Thanks

01-13-2025, 08:07 AM	#4
skil-phil Connoisseur Posts: 84 Karma: 6698 Join Date: Sep 2022 Location: South Africa Device: kindle pw10	Thanks, helped me too.

01-19-2025, 05:31 PM	#7
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,912 Karma: 74203799 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Thank you

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