method

simple_format

v1.1.6 - Show latest stable - Class: ActionView::Helpers::TextHelper

simple_format(text)

public

Returns text transformed into HTML using very simple formatting rules Surrounds paragraphs with <p> tags, and converts line breaks into <br/> Two consecutive newlines(\n\n) are considered as a paragraph, one newline (\n) is considered a linebreak, three or more consecutive newlines are turned into two newlines

# File actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb, line 122
      def simple_format(text)
        text.gsub!(/(\r\n|\n|\r)/, "\n") # lets make them newlines crossplatform
        text.gsub!(/\n\n+/, "\n\n") # zap dupes
        text.gsub!(/\n\n/, '</p>\0<p>') # turn two newlines into paragraph
        text.gsub!(/([^\n])(\n)([^\n])/, '\1\2<br />\3') # turn single newline into <br />
        
        content_tag("p", text)
      end

simple_format

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