From: Bill Kelly <billk@...>
Date: 2008-01-14T18:43:49+09:00
Subject: Re: setting string width


From: "hurcan solter" <hsolter@gmail.com>
>
> Hi there,Just a quick question ...
> I'd like to insert  newlines into a string around every 80ish
> character and those newlines shouldnt cut the words in the middle. Can
> anybody post a snippet how to do that

Here's one way to do it:

  string.gsub(/(.{75,}?\S*)\s+/, "\\1\n")

It meets the criteria of "around every 80ish character"... :-)


Regards,

Bill