Routine for prefixing '>' before every line of a string

[Neil Cerutti]

On 2006-12-14, Roberto Bonvallet <Roberto.Bonvallet at cern.ch> wrote:
> 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'.
>
> Take a look to the textwrap module:
> http://docs.python.org/lib/module-textwrap.html
>
> Here is an example:
>
>     # the text is actually a very long line
>     text = '''Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing [...]'''
>     prefix = '>'
>
>     import textwrap
>     lines = ["%s %s" % (prefix, line) for line in textwrap.wrap(text, width=75)]

The solution will need to be instrumented in case of text that is
already quotes to one level. All in all, I recommend using Vim's
gq command or Emacs' autofill mode, which arlready do the right
thing.

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Neil Cerutti
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