Hey Monks
I have a string which I want to add a newline after the first 39 characters (as long as its not in the middle of a word) and then add a newline every 60 characers. I am able to successfully do it, however I'm sure there is much cleaner way. Any suggestions would be appreciated. 
use strict;
use warnings;
my $t = "Call me a joker call me a fool.  Right at this moment Im tota
+lly cool.  Clear as a crystal, sharp as a knife.  I feel like Im in t
+he prime of my life.  Sometimes it feels like I'm going to fast.  I d
+ont know how long this feeling will last.  Maybe its only tomihgt.";
my ($string, $i);
my $s = length $t;

if ($s > 39){    
        my $i = 39;    
        while ($i < $s){
              if ($i == 39){
                $i = index($t," ", $i);
                $string = substr($t, 0, $i);
                print $string;
            }
            else{
           
                my $i2 = index($t, " ", $i+60); 
                  if ($i2 == -1){
                    my $end = substr($t, $i, $s);
                    $end =~s/^\s+//;
                    $string .= "\n" . $end;
                    last;
                }
                else{
                    print $i . " " . $i2 . "\n";
                    my $end = substr($t, $i, $i2-$i);
                    $end =~s/^\s+//;
                    $string .= "\n" . $end;
                    $i = $i2;
                    
                }
            }
         
            
         }
}    
    
print $string;

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