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Wrap Text to Eighty Columns

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  1. def wrap_text(txt, col = 80):
  2.     import re
  3.     re.sub("/(.{1,#{col}})( +|$n?)|(.{1,#{col}})/", "\1\3n", txt)
  4.     # warning: snipplr tends to escape the quotes and slashes, causing this
  5.     # snippet to fail when pasted in.
  6.     return txt

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