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gdonald on 09/27/06


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Rails breakup long lines

Published in: Ruby 

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  1. def break_up_long_line(str, max)
  2.   counter = 0
  3.   new_text = ''
  4.   for i in 0...str.length
  5.     if str[i,1] =~ /\n/
  6.       counter = 0
  7.     else
  8.       counter = counter + 1
  9.     end
  10.     new_text << str[i,1]
  11.     if counter >= max && str[i,1] =~ /\s/
  12.       new_text << "\n"
  13.       counter = 0
  14.     end
  15.   end
  16.   new_text
  17. end

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