Hello Monks
i do have a requirement as below.
got a string having n number of characters , i want to break that string into 2 lines with each line not exceeding more than 60 characters.
for which i have done below. 
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
my $maxlen = 60;
my $finalbuffer = undef;
print "Check the no of characters in each smstext \n";
die "Pls supply SMS Text as Argument\n" if ( $#ARGV < 0 );

my $smstext = $ARGV[0];
if ( length($smstext) > $maxlen ){
                $finalbuffer=subdivide($smstext,60);
}
print $finalbuffer,"\n";

# This will divide into chunks of 70 characters each
sub subdivide {
    my ($s, $n) = @_ ;
    $s =~ s/\G(.{$n})(?!\Z)/$1\n/g ;
    return $s ;
  } ;


# Another method
print join "\n", unpack("(a59)*", $smstext),"\n";

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we can call the code as below
ersms.pl "This sentence will have more than 120 characters and i want to truncate this string into two lines containing 60 characters each and ignore characters above 140 in length"
my problem is, by above methods i can cut the line to 60 characters, but sometimes line end is the mid of some word which is not intended.
i need line to have 60 characters with word ending properly otherwise if if needed that word to move into next line i.e. each line should with word boundary and should not exceed 60 characters
pls help

In reply to Breaking String by harishnuti

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