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Subject: Re: [AE] Expression to break text after a certain number of characters
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 13:33:26 +0200
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Thanks Mathias,

 I've used that method before, with * as the symbol for adding line =
breaks.
This is kind of the opposite problem. The user already have the line =
breaks
in the text they will be copy-pasting, I just want to preserve them.

Seems like the best way is to have multiple text fields in the mogrt, =
and
let them paste each paragraph in its own field. That's not as =
user-friendly
as I'd hoped. :-(

/jarle



Mathias M=F6hl wrote:
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> Hmm, if MOGRTS are really limited that way, the only workaround that =
comes
to my mind is that you use another separator symbol for the linebreaks.
> So the user, for example, enters=20
> =93This is line one and#this is line two and#a third one=94
> using the # symbol instead of a line break and then
> in the expression you do
> lines =3D txt.split(/#/);
> instead of
> lines =3D txt.split(/\r|\n|\x03/);
> such that it splits the text at the # symbol instead of at actual line
breaks.