Convert line break: TEXT to paragraph: TEXT

chunlou has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

It's common for many people to denote paragraph in html with line break tag:

TEXT<br><br>

MORETEXT<br><br>
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instead of paragraph tag:

<p>TEXT</p>

<p>MORETEXT</p>
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Any existing snippets or modules that convert all   paragraph to  paragraph in a html file?

Thanks.

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Re: Convert line break: TEXT<br><br> to paragraph: <p>TEXT</p> by Anonymous Monk on Jul 03, 2003 at 00:02 UTC
As you already know, `TEXT<br /><br />` is not the same thing as `<p>TEXT</p>`. That would be the equivalent of comparing `<h2>TEXT</h2>` to `<b>TEXT</b>`. I'd personally look at how the page you're seeing is constructed, and convert on an as-needed basis. There are many uses for `<br />`, which do not necessarily convert to `<p>` directly. Look into HTML::TokeParser and HTML::TreeBuilder to abstract the text values of those tags and put them inside your nested paragraph tags. Just be aware that what you're doing is most-likely entirely wrong, but perl will let you do it.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re: Convert line break: TEXT to paragraph: TEXT
by Anonymous Monk on Jul 03, 2003 at 00:02 UTC

TEXT 

TEXT

<h2>TEXT</h2>

TEXT

I'd personally look at how the page you're seeing is constructed, and convert on an as-needed basis. There are many uses for  , which do not necessarily convert to  directly.

Look into HTML::TokeParser and HTML::TreeBuilder to abstract the text values of those tags and put them inside your nested paragraph tags.

Just be aware that what you're doing is most-likely entirely wrong, but perl will let you do it.

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