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{textformat} {#language.function.textformat}
============
`{textformat}` is a [block function](#plugins.block.functions) used to
format text. It basically cleans up spaces and special characters, and
formats paragraphs by wrapping at a boundary and indenting lines.
You can set the parameters explicitly, or use a preset style. Currently
"email" is the only available style.
Attribute Name Type Required Default Description
---------------- --------- ---------- ------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
style string No *n/a* Preset style
indent number No *0* The number of chars to indent every line
indent\_first number No *0* The number of chars to indent the first line
indent\_char string No *(single space)* The character (or string of chars) to indent with
wrap number No *80* How many characters to wrap each line to
wrap\_char string No *\\n* The character (or string of chars) to break each line with
wrap\_cut boolean No *FALSE* If TRUE, wrap will break the line at the exact character instead of at a word boundary
assign string No *n/a* The template variable the output will be assigned to
{textformat wrap=40}
This is foo.
This is foo.
This is foo.
This is foo.
This is foo.
This is foo.
This is bar.
bar foo bar foo foo.
bar foo bar foo foo.
bar foo bar foo foo.
bar foo bar foo foo.
bar foo bar foo foo.
bar foo bar foo foo.
bar foo bar foo foo.
{/textformat}
The above example will output:
This is foo. This is foo. This is foo.
This is foo. This is foo. This is foo.
This is bar.
bar foo bar foo foo. bar foo bar foo
foo. bar foo bar foo foo. bar foo bar
foo foo. bar foo bar foo foo. bar foo
bar foo foo. bar foo bar foo foo.
{textformat wrap=40 indent=4}
This is foo.
This is foo.
This is foo.
This is foo.
This is foo.
This is foo.
This is bar.
bar foo bar foo foo.
bar foo bar foo foo.
bar foo bar foo foo.
bar foo bar foo foo.
bar foo bar foo foo.
bar foo bar foo foo.
bar foo bar foo foo.
{/textformat}
The above example will output:
This is foo. This is foo. This is
foo. This is foo. This is foo. This
is foo.
This is bar.
bar foo bar foo foo. bar foo bar foo
foo. bar foo bar foo foo. bar foo
bar foo foo. bar foo bar foo foo.
bar foo bar foo foo. bar foo bar
foo foo.
{textformat wrap=40 indent=4 indent_first=4}
This is foo.
This is foo.
This is foo.
This is foo.
This is foo.
This is foo.
This is bar.
bar foo bar foo foo.
bar foo bar foo foo.
bar foo bar foo foo.
bar foo bar foo foo.
bar foo bar foo foo.
bar foo bar foo foo.
bar foo bar foo foo.
{/textformat}
The above example will output:
This is foo. This is foo. This
is foo. This is foo. This is foo.
This is foo.
This is bar.
bar foo bar foo foo. bar foo bar
foo foo. bar foo bar foo foo. bar
foo bar foo foo. bar foo bar foo
foo. bar foo bar foo foo. bar foo
bar foo foo.
{textformat style="email"}
This is foo.
This is foo.
This is foo.
This is foo.
This is foo.
This is foo.
This is bar.
bar foo bar foo foo.
bar foo bar foo foo.
bar foo bar foo foo.
bar foo bar foo foo.
bar foo bar foo foo.
bar foo bar foo foo.
bar foo bar foo foo.
{/textformat}
The above example will output:
This is foo. This is foo. This is foo. This is foo. This is foo. This is
foo.
This is bar.
bar foo bar foo foo. bar foo bar foo foo. bar foo bar foo foo. bar foo
bar foo foo. bar foo bar foo foo. bar foo bar foo foo. bar foo bar foo
foo.
See also [`{strip}`](#language.function.strip) and
[`wordwrap`](#language.modifier.wordwrap).