`\s` in Python 2.x doesn't match unicode whitespace characters by
default
# Newline vs <br />
html = html.replace('\n', ' ')
# Newline vs <br />
html = html.replace('\n', ' ')
- html = re.sub(r'\s*<\s*br\s*/?\s*>\s*', '\n', html)
- html = re.sub(r'<\s*/\s*p\s*>\s*<\s*p[^>]*>', '\n', html)
+ html = re.sub(r'(?u)\s*<\s*br\s*/?\s*>\s*', '\n', html)
+ html = re.sub(r'(?u)<\s*/\s*p\s*>\s*<\s*p[^>]*>', '\n', html)
# Strip html tags
html = re.sub('<.*?>', '', html)
# Replace html entities
# Strip html tags
html = re.sub('<.*?>', '', html)
# Replace html entities