The wrap() function is used to wrap an entire paragraph in to a single string. The output will be a list of output lines.

The syntax is textwrap.wrap(text, width):

• text: Text to wrap.
• width: Maximum length allowed of a wrapped line. The default value is 70.

Now, we will see an example of wrap(). Create a wrap_example.py script and write the following content in it:

import textwrap

sample_string = '''Python is an interpreted high-level programming language for general-purpose programming. Created by Guido van Rossum and first released in 1991, Python has a design philosophy that emphasizes code readability, notably using significant whitespace.'''

w = textwrap.wrap(text=sample_string, width=30)
print(w)

Run the script and you will get the output as follows:

student@ubuntu:~/work$ python3 wrap_example.py
['Python is an interpreted high-', 'level programming language for', 'general-purpose programming.', 'Created by Guido van Rossum', 'and first released in', '1991, Python has a design', 'philosophy that emphasizes', 'code readability,  notably', 'using significant whitespace.']

In the preceding example, we used the textwrap module of Python. First, we created a string named sample_string. Next, using the TextWrapper class we specified the width. Next, using the wrap function the string was wrapped to the width of 30. And next, we printed the lines.