From: Daniel Lucraft <dan@...>
Date: 2007-09-19T20:42:28+09:00
Subject: Re: Indenting strings - elegant alternatives?

Ronald Fischer wrote:
> 
> Given a string of lines (for example, "abc\nde\nfgh\n") and a number n,
> produce a string of the same lines, but each line indented by n spaces.
> 

This would be my first inclination:
" "*n + s.gsub("\n", "\n"+" "*n)

BTW, I don't think yours handles "abc\n\ndef" as you might hope...

best,
Dan
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