Method: ActionMailer::MailHelper#format_paragraph

Defined in:
actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/mail_helper.rb

#format_paragraph(text, len = 72, indent = 2) ⇒ Object

Returns text wrapped at len columns and indented indent spaces. By default column length len equals 72 characters and indent indent equal two spaces.

my_text = 'Here is a sample text with more than 40 characters'

format_paragraph(my_text, 25, 4)
# => "    Here is a sample text with\n    more than 40 characters"



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# File 'actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/mail_helper.rb', line 65

def format_paragraph(text, len = 72, indent = 2)
  sentences = [[]]

  text.split.each do |word|
    if sentences.first.present? && (sentences.last + [word]).join(" ").length > len
      sentences << [word]
    else
      sentences.last << word
    end
  end

  indentation = " " * indent
  sentences.map! { |sentence|
    "#{indentation}#{sentence.join(' ')}"
  }.join "\n"
end