Thanks Thadeus/Massimo. I'll give each a try and let you know what I find.
On Jun 5, 12:57 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > Try this... > > import uuid, re > subs={} > while True: > match = re.compile('<(pre|PRE)(.*)/(pre| > pre)>',re.DOTALL).search(text) > if not match: break > u=str(uuid.uuid4()) > subs[u]=match.group() > text=text[:match.start()]+u+text[match.end():] > text=text.replace('\n','<br/>') > for key,value in subs.items(): > text=text.replace(key,value) > return text > > although there may be a better way in BeautifulSoup > > On Jun 5, 12:14 pm, "mr.freeze" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm trying to replace all newline characters in a chunk of text with > > BRs except for those inside PRE tags. I can't seem to make it work. > > Any regex gurus out there? > >
