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Whatsapp text formatting
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text_to_whatsapp.js
// Regex to format text to whatsapp format
function whatsToHtml(msg) {
if (!msg) return;
return msg
.replace(/~(~*[^~\n]+~*)~/g, '<del>$1</del>')
.replace(/_(_*[^_\n]+_*)_/g, '<em>$1</em>')
.replace(/\*(\**[^*\n]+\**)\*/g, '<strong>$1</strong>');
}
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For monospace:

.replace(/`{3}(`*[^`\n]+`*)`{3}/g, "<pre>$1</pre>")

And in CSS to keep it inline:

pre {
	display: inline-block;
}

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