Text::Wrap(3) Perl Programmers Reference Guide Text::Wrap(3)NAMEText::Wrap - line wrapping to form simple paragraphs
SYNOPSIS
use Text::Wrap
print wrap($initial_tab, $subsequent_tab, @text);
print fill($initial_tab, $subsequent_tab, @text);
use Text::Wrap qw(wrap $columns $huge);
$columns = 132;
$huge = 'die';
$huge = 'wrap';
DESCRIPTIONText::Wrap::wrap() is a very simple paragraph formatter.
It formats a single paragraph at a time by breaking lines
at word boundaries. Indentation is controlled for the
first line ($initial_tab) and all subsequent lines
($subsequent_tab) independently.
Lines are wrapped at $Text::Wrap::columns columns.
$Text::Wrap::columns should be set to the full width of
your output device.
When words that are longer than $columns are encountered,
they are broken up. Previous versions of wrap()die()ed
instead. To restore the old (dying) behavior, set
$Text::Wrap::huge to 'die'.
Text::Wrap::fill() is a simple multi-paragraph formatter.
It formats each paragraph separately and then joins them
together when it's done. It will destroy any whitespace
in the original text. It breaks text into paragraphs by
looking for whitespace after a newline. In other respects
it acts like wrap().
EXAMPLE
print wrap("\t","","This is a bit of text that forms
a normal book-style paragraph");
AUTHOR
David Muir Sharnoff <muir@idiom.com> with help from Tim
Pierce and many many others.
16/Sep/1999 perl 5.005, patch 03 1
Text::Wrap(3) Perl Programmers Reference Guide Text::Wrap(3)16/Sep/1999 perl 5.005, patch 03 2