Question

How to dedent triple-quoted strings with different width values in Python

Answer 1

import textwrap

s = """Python is a programming language that lets you work quickly 
       and integrate systems more effectively. The core of extensible programming 
       is defining functions. Python allows mandatory and optional arguments, 
       keyword arguments, and even arbitrary argument lists."""

text_dedent = textwrap.dedent(s).strip()     

for width in [30, 50]:         
    print('{} Columns:\n'.format(width))
    print(textwrap.fill(text_dedent, width=width))         
    print()



'''
run

30 Columns:

Python is a programming
language that lets you work
quickly         and integrate
systems more effectively. The
core of extensible programming
is defining functions. Python
allows mandatory and optional
arguments,         keyword
arguments, and even arbitrary
argument lists.

50 Columns:

Python is a programming language that lets you
work quickly         and integrate systems more
effectively. The core of extensible programming
is defining functions. Python allows mandatory and
optional arguments,         keyword arguments, and
even arbitrary argument lists.

'''

 

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