sekimura/text_strip_margin.py

## text_strip_margin.py
import re

def strip_margin(text):
    return re.sub('\n[ \t]*\|', '\n', text)

def strip_heredoc(text):
    indent = len(min(re.findall('\n[ \t]*(?=\S)', text) or ['']))
    pattern = r'\n[ \t]{%d}' % (indent - 1)
    return re.sub(pattern, '\n', text)

print strip_margin(
"""I was reading a book "Programming Scala" and
  |noticed that there is stripMargin method in
  |RichString class in Scala.
  |
  |It's damn useful.""")

print strip_heredoc(
"""
   And...
   There is strip_heredoc in Ruby's String object.
   Now you don't need a leader "|".
   It does do a great job even if the string has
       multi
           level
               indention.

   It's damn useful too.
   especially for usage docs like:

      -h       This message

   yay or nay?""")
	import re

	def strip_margin(text):
	return re.sub('\n[ \t]*\\|', '\n', text)

	def strip_heredoc(text):
	indent = len(min(re.findall('\n[ \t]*(?=\S)', text) or ['']))
	pattern = r'\n[ \t]{%d}' % (indent - 1)
	return re.sub(pattern, '\n', text)

	print strip_margin(
	"""I was reading a book "Programming Scala" and
	\|noticed that there is stripMargin method in
	\|RichString class in Scala.
	\|
	\|It's damn useful.""")

	print strip_heredoc(
	"""
	And...
	There is strip_heredoc in Ruby's String object.
	Now you don't need a leader "\|".
	It does do a great job even if the string has
	multi
	level
	indention.

	It's damn useful too.
	especially for usage docs like:

	-h This message

	yay or nay?""")