# Docs.stripmd() question

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/docs-stripmd-question/7203
**Category:** New to Julia
**Created:** [November 20, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/docs-stripmd-question/7203 "2017-11-20T21:26:28Z")
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### Author: ![ko56](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ko56/32/2684_2.png) [@ko56](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ko56)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/docs-stripmd-question/7203/1 "2017-11-20T21:26:28Z")

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I’m trying to use the @doc macro to extract help text in a certain form, close to what Docs.stripmd() does. For example, “@doc strip”. The issue is, what modification do I need to make to stripmd() to make it preserve newlines?

I tried

Docs.stripmd(x::Markdown.LineBreak) = println()

but it doesn’t work in the “@doc strip” example.

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### Author: ![kristoffer.carlsson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kristoffer.carlsson/32/22_2.png) [@kristoffer.carlsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kristoffer.carlsson)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/docs-stripmd-question/7203/2 "2017-11-20T22:57:19Z")

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> [@ko56](#):
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> Docs.stripmd(x::Markdown.LineBreak) = println()

How about `Docs.stripmd(x::Markdown.LineBreak) = "\n"`

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### Author: ![ko56](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ko56/32/2684_2.png) [@ko56](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ko56)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/docs-stripmd-question/7203/3 "2017-11-20T23:09:28Z")

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Same behavior, newlines are still stripped.