Mastering Python Scripting for System Administrators

The wrap() function

The wrap() function is used to wrap an entire paragraph in to a single string. The output will be a list of output lines.

The syntax is textwrap.wrap(text, width):

• text: Text to wrap.
• width: Maximum length allowed of a wrapped line. The default value is 70.

Now, we will see an example of wrap(). Create a wrap_example.py script and write the following content in it:

import textwrapsample_string = '''Python is an interpreted high-level programming language for general-purpose programming. Created by Guido van Rossum and first released in 1991, Python has a design philosophy that emphasizes code readability, notably using significant whitespace.'''w = textwrap.wrap(text=sample_string, width=30)print(w)

Run the script and ...