From b497c7daf0aafc1c99b7d0a239eedab6b350d52e 2013-08-01 18:29:18
From: Jonathan Frederic <jdfreder@calpoly.edu>
Date: 2013-08-01 18:29:18
Subject: [PATCH] Fix fuzzy compare logic

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diff --git a/IPython/nbconvert/tests/base.py b/IPython/nbconvert/tests/base.py
index 2926590..c3d58e8 100644
--- a/IPython/nbconvert/tests/base.py
+++ b/IPython/nbconvert/tests/base.py
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ class TestsBase(object):
         parameters of this method.
         """
 
+        if ignore_newlines:
+            a = a.replace('\n', '')
+            b = b.replace('\n', '')
+
         if newlines_are_spaces:
             a = a.replace('\n', ' ')
             b = b.replace('\n', ' ')
@@ -61,10 +65,6 @@ class TestsBase(object):
             a = self.recursive_replace(a, '  ', ' ')
             b = self.recursive_replace(b, '  ', ' ')
 
-        if ignore_newlines:
-            a = a.replace('\n', '')
-            b = b.replace('\n', '')
-
         if not case_sensitive:
             a = a.lower()
             b = b.lower()