Textwrap Module

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wrap( text[, width[, ...]]) - Wraps the single paragraph in text (a string) so every line is at most width characters long. Returns a list of output lines, without final newlines.

    wrap('"Bhutan" may be derived from the Sanskrit word Bhu-Utthan (highlands). In
    another theory of Sanskritisation, Bhots-ant means "End of Tibet", as
    Bhutan is immediately to Tibet south.')
    
    ['"Bhutan" may be derived from the Sanskrit word Bhu-Utthan (highlands).', 
    'In another theory of Sanskritisation, Bhots-ant means "End of Tibet",', 
    'as Bhutan is immediately to Tibet south.']

fill( text[, width[, ...]]) - Wraps the single paragraph in text, and returns a single string containing the wrapped paragraph. fill() is shorthand for "\n".join(wrap(text, ...))

    print fill('"Bhutan" may be derived from the Sanskrit word Bhu-Utthan
    (highlands). In another theory of Sanskritisation, Bhots-ant means "End of
    Tibet", as Bhutan is immediately to Tibet south.')
    
    "Bhutan" may be derived from the Sanskrit word Bhu-Utthan (highlands).
    In another theory of Sanskritisation, Bhots-ant means "End of Tibet",
    as Bhutan is immediately to Tibet south.

dedent( text) - Remove any common leading whitespace from every line in text.

    s = '''\
    hello
    world
    '''
    print repr(s)            # prints '    hello\n      world\n    '
    print repr(dedent(s))    # prints 'hello\n  world\n'

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