Text::Wrapper(3) Word wrap text by breaking long lines

VERSION

This document describes version 1.05 of Text::Wrapper, released January 18, 2014.

SYNOPSIS


require Text::Wrapper;
$wrapper = Text::Wrapper->new(columns => 60, body_start => ' ');
print $wrapper->wrap($text);
$wrapper->columns(70);

DESCRIPTION

Text::Wrapper provides simple word wrapping. It breaks long lines, but does not alter spacing or remove existing line breaks. If you're looking for more sophisticated text formatting, try the Text::Format module.

Reasons to use Text::Wrapper instead of Text::Format:

  • Text::Wrapper is significantly smaller.
  • It does not alter existing whitespace or combine short lines. It only breaks long lines.

Again, if Text::Wrapper doesn't meet your needs, try Text::Format.

ATTRIBUTES

body_start

The text that begins the second and following lines of a paragraph. (Default '')

columns

The number of columns to use. This includes any text in body_start or par_start. (Default 70)

par_start

The text that begins the first line of each paragraph. (Default '')

wrap_after

A line can wrap after any of the characters in this string. Setting this to the empty string means a line will wrap only at whitespace. (Default '-')

METHODS

wrap

  $wrapper->wrap($text)

Returns a word wrapped copy of $text. The original is not altered.

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT

Text::Wrapper requires no configuration files or environment variables.

DEPENDENCIES

None.

INCOMPATIBILITIES

None reported.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

Does not handle tabs (they're treated just like spaces).

All characters are treated as being the same width, including zero-width spaces and combining accents.

Does not break words that can't fit on one line.

AUTHOR

Christopher J. Madsen "<perl AT cjmweb.net>"

Please report any bugs or feature requests to "<bug-Text-Wrapper AT rt.cpan.org>" or through the web interface at <http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Report.html?Queue=Text-Wrapper>.

You can follow or contribute to Text-Wrapper's development at <https://github.com/madsen/text-wrapper>.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2014 by Christopher J. Madsen.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

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