Sanjay wrote: > Is somewhere a routine useful to convert a string to lines of maxsize, > each prefixed with a '>'. This is a typical requirement for 'keeping > existing text while replying to a post in a forum'.
>>> import textwrap >>> format = textwrap.TextWrapper(20, initial_indent="] ", subsequent_indent="] ").fill >>> print format("alpha beta gamma delta\nepsilon zeta eta theta") ] alpha beta gamma ] delta epsilon zeta ] eta theta Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list