Question

How to wrap and indent text in Python

Answer 1

import textwrap

text = "Python is an interpreted, high-level, general-purpose programming language. Created by Guido van Rossum and first released in 1991, Python's design philosophy emphasizes code readability with its notable use of significant whitespace."

text = "\n".join(textwrap.wrap(text, 50)) # wrap: 50 characters

print(textwrap.indent(text, " " * 5)) # indent: 5 spaces
 
 
 
 
'''
run:
 
     Python is an interpreted, high-level, general-
     purpose programming language. Created by Guido van
     Rossum and first released in 1991, Python's design
     philosophy emphasizes code readability with its
     notable use of significant whitespace.
  
'''

 

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