Text::Wrap(3)

NAME
     Text::Wrap - line wrapping to form simple paragraphs

SYNOPSIS
             use Text::Wrap

             print wrap($initial_tab, $subsequent_tab, @text);
             print fill($initial_tab, $subsequent_tab, @text);

             use Text::Wrap qw(wrap $columns $huge);

             $columns = 132;
             $huge = 'die';
             $huge = 'wrap';


DESCRIPTION
     Text::Wrap::wrap() is a very simple paragraph formatter.  It formats a
     single paragraph at a time by breaking lines at word boundaries.
     Indentation is controlled for the first line ($initial_tab) and all
     subsequent lines ($subsequent_tab) independently.

     Lines are wrapped at $Text::Wrap::columns columns. $Text::Wrap::columns
     should be set to the full width of your output device.

     When words that are longer than $columns are encountered, they are broken
     up.  Previous versions of wrap() die()ed instead.  To restore the old
     (dying) behavior, set $Text::Wrap::huge to 'die'.

     Text::Wrap::fill() is a simple multi-paragraph formatter.  It formats
     each paragraph separately and then joins them together when it's done.
     It will destroy any whitespace in the original text.  It breaks text into
     paragraphs by looking for whitespace after a newline.  In other respects
     it acts like wrap().

EXAMPLE
             print wrap("\t","","This is a bit of text that forms
                     a normal book-style paragraph");


AUTHOR
     David Muir Sharnoff <muir@idiom.com> with help from Tim Pierce and many
     many others.