This works, ... if the number of characters per line is a maximum.

I'm not sure if it is optimized for flipping from the 36 characters/line to 60 characters/line. 

\#!/usr/bin/perl
my $par = "Call me a joker call me a fool.  Right at this moment Im to
+tally cool.  Clear as a crystal, sharp as a knife.  I feel like Im in
+ the prime of my life.  Sometimes it feels like I'm going to fast.  I
+ dont know how long this feeling will last.  Maybe its only tomihgt."
+;
my $text;

# insert some new-lines to make text easier to read
(my @words) = split /( )/,$par;
my $char = 0;
my $line_length = 36;

foreach my $word (@words) {
    $char += length $word;
    if ($char > $line_length ) {
      $text .= "\n";
      $char = length $word;
      $line_length = 60;}
    $text .= $word;
}

print $text,"\n";

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In reply to Re: adding newline to middle of a string cleanly by Sandy
in thread adding newline to middle of a string cleanly by tbone

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