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[Steve Holden]

Simon Faulkner wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I am printing a string to a html page and the string is correctly
> stored in the MySQL database as
> 
> >>
> This string wraps onto 3 lines
> Line2
> Line3
> <<
> 
> But, of course, it comes out on the web page as
> 
> >>
> This string wraps onto 3 lines Line2 Line3
> <<
> 
> I need to replace each return with a <BR> as I print the field.
> 
> Any ideas? - what is the smart way to do this?
> 
> Simon
> 
> Simon Faulkner

Simplest approach would be:

>>> import string
>>> dbresult = """This string wraps onto 3 lines
Line2
Line3
"""
>>> string.replace(dbresult, "\n", "<BR>\n")
'This string wraps onto 3 lines<BR>\012Line2<BR>\012Line3<BR>\012'

regards
 Steve

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