Element.text() doesn't make string with new lines

Question

Element.text() doesn't make string with new lines

llsc12 opened this issue 2 years ago · 6 comments

let str = """
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <body>
    <p>
      <span>
      gm
      this is some test

      this is a new paragraph
      more text

      yoo its another paragraph!
      gm is the best
      </span>
    </p>
  </body>
</html>
"""
let doc = try parse(str)
let elmnt = try doc.body()?.select("span")
let gm = try elmnt?.text()
print(gm)

This returns none of the new lines and only a single line, am I doing something wrong or is this a bug? Thanks!

Answer 1 · 2023-03-08T13:36:35.000Z

Maybe I misunderstood the question, but your code correctly prints the span.
this is the output:
Optional("gm this is some test this is a new paragraph more text yoo its another paragraph! gm is the best")

Answer 2 · 2023-03-08T14:23:05.000Z

yeah, however I was hoping it'd output it with the new lines, like

Optional("gm\nthis is some test\n\nthis is a new paragraph\nmore text\n\nyoo its another paragraph!\ngm is the best")

Answer 3 · 2023-03-08T16:00:57.000Z

try
.text(trimAndNormaliseWhitespace: false)

Answer 4 · 2023-03-08T16:23:41.000Z

Optional("gm this is some test yoo its another paragraph! more text this is a new paragraph gm is the best")

same thing unfortunately, what should I do now? I've also tried using the other methods like html() and they also only return a single line without preserving line breaks.

Answer 5 · 2023-03-09T08:18:25.000Z

for this code:

        <!DOCTYPE html>
        <html>
          <body>
            <p>
              <span>
              gm
              this is some test

              this is a new paragraph
              more text

              yoo its another paragraph!
              gm is the best
              </span>
            </p>
          </body>
        </html>
        """
        let doc = try parse(str)
        let elmnt = try doc.body()?.select("span")
        let gm = try elmnt?.text(trimAndNormaliseWhitespace: false)
        print(gm)

this is the output

"\n      gm\n      this is some test\n\n      this is a new paragraph\n      more text\n\n      yoo its another paragraph!\n      gm is the best\n      "

Answer 6 · 2023-03-09T09:18:33.000Z

Oh thanks, that fixed it! Thanks for your help!
Upon looking back, I think I made an issue whilst trying to use .text(trimAndNormaliseWhitespace: false) earlier, maybe I used it on dead code. My apologies.