`textwrap.dedent` strips common leading whitespace from a triple-quoted string — finally, you can indent multiline strings inside functions without breaking the formatting. `fill` wraps to a max width.
Python
import textwrap
def help_text() -> str:
return textwrap.dedent("""\
myapp 1.0
=========
Usage:
myapp [-v|--verbose] command [options]
Commands:
run — start the server
stop — graceful shutdown
""")
print(help_text())
# Wrap a long paragraph to 60 cols
para = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt."
print(textwrap.fill(para, width=60))Save your own code snippets
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