Python textwrap Library - How to Preserve Line Breaks?

Question

When using Python\'s textwrap library, how can I turn this:

short line,

long line xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
         


        

Answer 1

body = '\n'.join(['\n'.join(textwrap.wrap(line, 90,
                 break_long_words=False, replace_whitespace=False))
                 for line in body.splitlines() if line.strip() != ''])