hexrec.utils.columnize#

hexrec.utils.columnize(line, width, sep='', newline='\\n', window=1)[source]#

Splits and wraps a line into columns.

A text line is wrapped up to a width limit, separated by a given newline string. Each wrapped line is then split into columns by some window size, separated by a given separator string.

Parameters:

  • line (str) – Line of text to columnize.

  • width (int) – Maximum line width.

  • sep (str) – Column separator string.

  • newline (str) – Line separator string.

  • window (int) – Splitted column length.

Returns:

str – A wrapped and columnized text.

Examples

>>> columnize('ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ', 6)
'ABCDEF\nGHIJKL\nMNOPQR\nSTUVWX\nYZ'

>>> columnize('ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ', 6, sep=' ', window=3)
'ABC DEF\nGHI JKL\nMNO PQR\nSTU VWX\nYZ'