[Mediawiki-l] Replacing Newline using Extension:StringFunctions

[Jack D. Pond]

Waseem etal,

I would like to modify Extension:StringFunctions to allow this.

This requested functionalit is useful in making it easier for users to
edit/create information in infoblocks without having to remember to put in
<br>

The end result would allow display (in a template) by using the extended
parser function "replace"

Example:

{{#replace:{{{Input String}}}|\n|<br>}}

Details on how this would be done are at:

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_talk:StringFunctions#re:_Replacing_N
ew_Lines.2C_Line_Breaks


Jack

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of 
> Waseem Sayegh
> Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 8:15 AM
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> Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Replacing Newline
> 
> How can you replace a newline with a line break? I tried 
> {{#replace:{{{1}}}|\n|<br />}} but it doesn't seem to be 
> picking up the '\n' at all. Is there a way, or even a workaround?
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