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heres a sample string when i pass a textbox,

Clinical History:  Patient fell off a ladder

Technique:  DX right knee (2 views)

Comparison:  No study for comparison is available at the time of interpretation.

The alignment and mineralization of the visualized bony structures are well maintained.  There may be a subtle cortical defect along the junction of the proximal fibular head and neck. Mild osteophyte formation is noted at the patella and medial tibial plateau. There is prominence of the suprapatellar soft 

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my question is,, what characters makes this paragraph creates a new line???
i want to replace that character..

i tried parsing for "<br>", "\n" but none

 

What are you trying to do with the text? Why do you try to parse it for line feeds?

 

i need to replace that string to "<br>" to become full html text.. some browsers doesnt recognized that new line.

 

nvm.. found it, its "\n\n" i thought its only "\n"

 

why don't you do use a ready made function nl2br ?

 

^^ That's what I would use.