M Z wrote:
> 
> Hi

Hello,

> I've written a little program to analyze lines that
> are longer than 70 characters, and if so, break at
> position 70 (if it is whitespace), if not whitespace
> (i.e. is in the middle of a word) it steps back to the
> first whitespace and breaks there.
> 
> However, I think there is probably a better way to do
> this.  Can someone either suggest an alternate route
> or improve this snippet?
> 
> ps. if you do suggest something cryptic, please detail
> for me, as I am still new!!! thanks
> 
> [snip code]

You probably want the Text::Wrap module.

perldoc Text::Wrap



John
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