Javascript function to convert a string into an object incliding an array of items for each linebreak in the string. It removes bulletpoints and numbers from formatting.

jslinebreakparser.js

    function parseTextToItems(value) {

      var text = value.trim();

      // Remove multiple linebreak.
      var match = /\r\n/.test(text);
      if (match == -1) {
        //windows line breaks
        text = text.replace(/\r\n+/g, "\r\n");
      } else {
        //unix line breaks
        text = text.replace(/\r/g, "\n");
        text = text.replace(/\n+/g, "\n");
      }

      // Remove last empty bullet/number list item
      text = text.replace(/\n•$/, "")
      text = text.replace(/\n\d\.$/, "")
      text = text.replace(/\n\d\)$/, "")
      text = text.replace(/\n[IVXivx]+\.$/, "")
      text = text.replace(/\n[IVXivx]+\)$/, "")
      text = text.replace(/\n[A-Za-z]+\)$/, "")
      text = text.replace(/\n[A-Za-z]+\.$/, "")

      // Check if text contains linebreaks
      var isMultiple = /\n/g.test(text);

      // Check if the list is a numbered list
      var isNumbered =
        /\d\.\s+/.test(text) ||
        /\d\)\s/.test(text) ||
        /[IVXivx]+\.\s+/.test(text);

      // Remove bullet/number list formating
      text = text.replace(/^•\s+/gm, "")
      text = text.replace(/^\d\.\s+/gm, "")
      text = text.replace(/^\d\)\s+/gm, "")
      text = text.replace(/^[IVXivx]+\.\s+/gm, "")
      text = text.replace(/^[IVXivx]+\)\s+/gm, "")
      text = text.replace(/^[A-Za-z]+\)\s+/gm, "")
      text = text.replace(/^[A-Za-z]+\.\s+/gm, "")

      // Remove empty lines
      text = text.replace(/^\s*\n/gm, "");

      // Split items into an array
      var items = text.trim().split("\n");

      // Count number of items
      var totalItems = (items ? items.length : 0);

      return {
        totalItems: totalItems,
        isNumbered: isNumbered,
        isMultiple: isMultiple,
        items: items
      }

    }