Rails - Mar 2006 - Convert \n newlines to html <br>

I have a textarea that accepts a shipping address, so I need to convert 
newlines when it is displayed as html. I am new to ruby, and rails so an 
example would be appreciated. I want to do this in the
''display'', not
the stored text if possible, since I use the newlines when generating a 
pdf.
Thanks.
 charley

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<%= address.gsub(/\n/, ''<br />'') %>

-Nb

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 Nathaniel S. H. Brown                           http://nshb.net 
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> Subject: [Rails] Convert \n newlines to html <br>
> 
> I have a textarea that accepts a shipping address, so I need 
> to convert newlines when it is displayed as html. I am new to 
> ruby, and rails so an example would be appreciated. I want to 
> do this in the ''display'', not the stored text if
possible,
> since I use the newlines when generating a pdf.
> Thanks.
>  charley
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Or use RedCloth:

gem install redcloth

textilize(address)

You can do as much formatting as you like.

http://whytheluckystiff.net/ruby/redcloth/

-Jonny.

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