jQuery javascript regex Replace br tag with \n
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var str = document.getElementById('mydiv').innerHTML;
document.getElementById('mytextarea').innerHTML = str.replace(/<br\s*[\/]?>/gi, "\n");
or using jQuery:
var str = $("#mydiv").html();
var regex = /<br\s*[\/]?>/gi;
$("#mydiv").html(str.replace(regex, "\n"));
edit: added i flag
edit2: you can use /<br[^>]*>/gi wich will match anything between the br and slash if you have for example <br />
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jQuery javascript regex Replace <br> with \n
