Mastering Python Scripting for System Administrators

The indent() function

The indent() function is used to add the specified prefix to the beginning of the selected lines in your text.

The syntax for this function is:

            textwrap.indent(text, prefix)

• text: The main string
• prefix: The prefix to add

Create a indent_example.py script and write the following content in it:

import textwrapstr1 = "Python is an interpreted high-level programming language for general-purpose programming. Created by Guido van Rossum and first released in 1991, \n\nPython has a design philosophy that emphasizes code readability, notably using significant whitespace."w = textwrap.fill(str1, width=30)i = textwrap.indent(w, '*')print(i)

Run the script and you will get the output as follows:

student@ubuntu:~/work$ python3 ...