Text::Wrap won't split long words

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I can't get Text::Wrap to work when the word is longer than the $columns. If one word is longer than the max width/columns, it kills the program and prints a blank screen. Can someone tell me why this isn't working or what module would break up a single word like "aaaaaaddfgfgdfgrergdgfddgreergdfgdfredfg" down to X columns and wrap the rest? I've tried

$Text::Wrap::columns = 30;

$one = wrap('', '', $one);
$two = wrap('', '', $two);
$three = wrap('', '', $three);
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Re: Text::Wrap by antirice (Priest) on Jul 29, 2003 at 01:42 UTC
Set `$Text::Wrap::huge = "wrap";`. Here's the documentation for more info. antirice The first rule of Perl club is - use Perl The ith rule of Perl club is - follow rule i - 1 for i > 1	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Text::Wrap by Anonymous Monk on Jul 29, 2003 at 01:49 UTC
`use Text::Wrap qw(wrap $columns $huge); $columns = 132; # Wrap at 132 characters $huge = 'wrap';` [download] but again, if the text is one word and exceeds that limit, it makes the entire script crash and not produce any source code other than the headers.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Re: Text::Wrap by antirice (Priest) on Jul 29, 2003 at 02:42 UTC
Well, we need more info then. What version are you using? Have you reduced the script so you check only Text::Wrap? Also, you said the script errors out and crashes. What's the exact message? As it stands, what you have posted should work. antirice The first rule of Perl club is - use Perl The ith rule of Perl club is - follow rule i - 1 for i > 1	[reply]
Re: Text::Wrap by BUU (Prior) on Jul 29, 2003 at 02:14 UTC
what about just `s/(\S{40})/$1 /g;` .. or is that too simple and we have to use a module =/	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Text::Wrap by Anonymous Monk on Jul 29, 2003 at 02:39 UTC
I tried your script and it didn't change the outcome of anything. Atleast it didn't error out, but it didn't break the text apart :(	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Text::Wrap by halley (Prior) on Jul 29, 2003 at 15:01 UTC
You specified a column width of 30. His suggestion was to break it at 40, which you said still didn't work. Try using his tip to break it at 29? Or could you PLEASE show us some actual example input, and a really short but complete snippet which will demonstrate the wrong behavior? Monks at this site bend over backwards to help, even when the questioner isn't giving much useful information to go on. But there are limits. -- `[ e d @ h a l l e y . c c ]`	[reply]