Function textwrap::indent[][src]

pub fn indent(s: &str, prefix: &str) -> String
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Indent each line by the given prefix.

Examples

use textwrap::indent;

assert_eq!(indent("First line.\nSecond line.\n", "  "),
           "  First line.\n  Second line.\n");

When indenting, trailing whitespace is stripped from the prefix. This means that empty lines remain empty afterwards:

use textwrap::indent;

assert_eq!(indent("First line.\n\n\nSecond line.\n", "  "),
           "  First line.\n\n\n  Second line.\n");

Notice how "\n\n\n" remained as "\n\n\n".

This feature is useful when you want to indent text and have a space between your prefix and the text. In this case, you don’t want a trailing space on empty lines:

use textwrap::indent;

assert_eq!(indent("foo = 123\n\nprint(foo)\n", "# "),
           "# foo = 123\n#\n# print(foo)\n");

Notice how "\n\n" became "\n#\n" instead of "\n# \n" which would have trailing whitespace.

Leading and trailing whitespace coming from the text itself is kept unchanged:

use textwrap::indent;

assert_eq!(indent(" \t  Foo   ", "->"), "-> \t  Foo   ");