Python 正则表达式将纯文本转化为HTML格式

1. Detail step
Step 1: Replace HTML special characters with named character references
& --->   &
< --->   <
> --->   >

Step 2: Replace all line breaks with <br>
result = re.sub("\r\n?|\n", "<br>", subject)

Step 3: Replace double <br> tags with </p><p>
result = re.sub(r"<br>\s*<br>", "</p><p>", subject)

Step 4: Wrap the entire string with <p>...</p)
result = "<p>" + subject + "</p>"

2. Python code
def plainTextToHtml(subject):
    
    import re

    # Step 1 (plain text searches)
    subject = re.sub("&", "&", subject)
    subject = re.sub("<", "<", subject)
    subject = re.sub(">", ">", subject)

    # Step 2
    subject = re.sub("\r\n?|\n", "<br>", subject)

    # Step 3
    subject = re.sub(r"<br>\s*<br>", "</p><p>", subject)

    # Step 4
    subject = "<p>" + subject + "</p>"

    return subject

3. Test
In [2]: plainTextToHtml("Test.")
Out[2]: '<p>Test.</p>'

In [3]: plainTextToHtml("Test.\n")
Out[3]: '<p>Test.<br></p>'

In [4]: plainTextToHtml("Test.\n\n")
Out[4]: '<p>Test.</p><p></p>'

In [5]: plainTextToHtml("Test1.\nTest2.")
Out[5]: '<p>Test1.<br>Test2.</p>'

In [6]: plainTextToHtml("Test1.\n\nTest2.")
Out[6]: '<p>Test1.</p><p>Test2.</p>'

In [7]: plainTextToHtml("< AT&T >")
Out[7]: '<p>< AT&T ></p>'