nl2br

  • Adding a <br /> tag before each newline is accomplished in Ruby using string substitution with String#gsub.

    PHP

    $result = nl2br("The quick\nbrown fox");
var_export($result);
// => "The quick<br />\nbrown fox"

    Ruby

    p "The quick\nbrown fox".gsub("\n", "<br />\n")
# => "The quick<br />\nbrown fox"

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