Text::Wrapper(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Text::Wrapper(3)NAMEText::Wrapper - Word wrap text by breaking long lines
VERSION
This document describes version 1.04 of Text::Wrapper, released May 25,
2012.
SYNOPSIS
require Text::Wrapper;
$wrapper = Text::Wrapper->new(columns => 60, body_start => ' ');
print $wrapper->wrap($text);
$wrapper->columns(70);
DESCRIPTIONText::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 ENVIRONMENTText::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
<http://github.com/madsen/text-wrapper>.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2012 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
BECAUSE THIS SOFTWARE IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY
FOR THE SOFTWARE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT
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