Function shorten

Lib/textwrap.py:398–411

Collapse and truncate the given text to fit in the given width. The text first has its whitespace collapsed. If it then fits in the *width*, it is returned as is. Otherwise, as many words as possible are joined and then the placeholder is appended:: >>> textwrap.shorten("Hell

(text, width, **kwargs)

    return w.fill(text)

def shorten(text, width, **kwargs):
    """Collapse and truncate the given text to fit in the given width.

    The text first has its whitespace collapsed.  If it then fits in
    the *width*, it is returned as is.  Otherwise, as many words
    as possible are joined and then the placeholder is appended::

        >>> textwrap.shorten("Hello  world!", width=12)
        'Hello world!'
        >>> textwrap.shorten("Hello  world!", width=11)
        'Hello [...]'
    """
    w = TextWrapper(width=width, max_lines=1, **kwargs)
    return w.fill(' '.join(text.strip().split()))


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