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var textarea = "<div>example</div>\n<span>Other example</span>";
var find = ["<", ">", "\n"];
var replace = ["<", ">", "<br/>"];
textarea = textarea.replace(new RegExp("(" + find.map(function(i){return i.replace(/[.?*+^$[\]\\(){}|-]/g, "\\$&")}).join("|") + ")", "g"), function(s){ return replace[find.indexOf(s)]});
console.log( textarea );