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Align indented
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align_indented.rb
# shift indented text to the left as much as possible
def align_indented(text)
shift_left = text.lines.map { |l| l[/^\s*/].size }.min
text.lines.map { |l| l[shift_left..-1] }.join
end
puts align_indented(<<TEXT)
this is some
indented text
we would like to
get to the left
as much as possible
but keep the hierarchy
TEXT
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