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Replace newlines in a string, but allow x newlines to remain at the beginning.
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reverse_replace_x_newlines.py
def remove_extra_newlines(input_str, newlines_left=3):
number_of_newlines = input_str.count('\n')
if number_of_newlines > newlines_left:
amount_to_strip = number_of_newlines - newlines_left
return input_str[::-1].replace('\n', ' ', amount_to_strip)[::-1]
else:
return input_str
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