using System;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
class Program
{
static void Main()
{
string input = "ab<br/><br/>cd<br/>efg<br/><br/><br/>hijk<br/><br/>";
// Regex to match one or more consecutive <br/> tags
string pattern = @"(<br\s*/?>\s*)+";
string replacement = "<br/>";
string output = Regex.Replace(input, pattern, replacement);
Console.WriteLine(output);
}
}
/*
run:
ab<br/>cd<br/>efg<br/>hijk<br/>
*/