instance method `format_paragraph`

Ruby on Rails 4.2.9

Since v3.1.12

Available in: v3.1.12 v3.2.22.5 v4.0.13 v4.1.16 v4.2.9 v5.2.8.1 v6.0.6 v6.1.7.10 v7.0.10 v7.1.6 v7.2.3 v8.0.4 v8.1.2

Compare with:

format_paragraph(text, len = 72, indent = 2)

Returns text wrapped at len columns and indented indent 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"

Parameters

text req
len opt = 72
indent opt = 2

Source

# File actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/mail_helper.rb, line 41
    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

Defined in actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/mail_helper.rb line 41 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActionMailer::MailHelper

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Parameters