textwrap — Easy Examples

Text wrapping and filling to a given line width

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Getting started with textwrap

Basic import and usage of the textwrap module.

python
import textwrap

text = "Python is a versatile programming language that is widely used for web development, data science, artificial intelligence, and automation."

print(textwrap.fill(text, width=40))
print()
print(textwrap.shorten(text, width=50))

The textwrap module is part of Python's standard library. Text wrapping and filling to a given line width.

Common textwrap operations

Frequently used functions from the textwrap module.

python
# More textwrap examples
import textwrap

print(f"textwrap module loaded successfully")
print(f"Location: {textwrap.__name__}")
print(f"Has {len(dir(textwrap))} attributes")

These are the most commonly used features of the textwrap module.

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