#!/usr/bin/env python
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"""Examples of using the textwrap module.

"""

__module_id__ = "$Id: textwrap_example.py 588 2007-04-22 13:56:56Z dhellmann $"

import textwrap

# Provide some sample text
sample_text = '''
	The textwrap module can be used to format text for output in situations
	where pretty-printing is desired.  It offers programmatic functionality similar
	to the paragraph wrapping or filling features found in many text editors.
	'''

# Illustrate wrapping without dedenting first
print 'No dedent:\n'
print textwrap.fill(sample_text)

# Remove common whitespace prefix from the lines in the sample text
dedented_text = textwrap.dedent(sample_text).strip()
print '\nDedented:\n'
print dedented_text

# Format the output with a few different max line width values
for width in [ 20, 60, 80 ]:
	print
	print '%d Columns:\n' % width
	print textwrap.fill(dedented_text, width=width)

# Demonstrate how to produce a hanging indent
print '\nHanging indent:\n'
print textwrap.fill(dedented_text, initial_indent='', subsequent_indent='    ')


