method

simple_format

v1.2.6 - Show latest stable - Class: ActionView::Helpers::TextHelper

simple_format(text)

public

Returns text transformed into HTML using simple formatting rules. Two or more consecutive newlines(\n\n) are considered as a paragraph and wrapped in <p> tags. One newline (\n) is considered as a linebreak and a <br /> tag is appended. This method does not remove the newlines from the text.

# File actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb, line 156
      def simple_format(text)
        content_tag 'p', text.to_s.
          gsub(/\r\n?/, "\n").                    # \r\n and \r -> \n
          gsub(/\n\n+/, "</p>\n\n<p>").           # 2+ newline  -> paragraph
          gsub(/([^\n]\n)(?=[^\n])/, '\1<br />')  # 1 newline   -> br
      end

simple_format

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