1 # word-wrap [![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/word-wrap.svg?style=flat)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/word-wrap) [![NPM monthly downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/word-wrap.svg?style=flat)](https://npmjs.org/package/word-wrap) [![NPM total downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dt/word-wrap.svg?style=flat)](https://npmjs.org/package/word-wrap) [![Linux Build Status](https://img.shields.io/travis/jonschlinkert/word-wrap.svg?style=flat&label=Travis)](https://travis-ci.org/jonschlinkert/word-wrap)
3 > Wrap words to a specified length.
7 Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/):
10 $ npm install --save word-wrap
16 var wrap = require('word-wrap');
18 wrap('Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.');
24 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing
25 elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore
26 et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam,
27 quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut
28 aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
33 ![image](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/383994/6543728/7a381c08-c4f6-11e4-8b7d-b6ba197569c9.png)
41 The width of the text before wrapping to a new line.
46 wrap(str, {width: 60});
53 Default: `` (two spaces)
55 The string to use at the beginning of each line.
60 wrap(str, {indent: ' '});
69 The string to use at the end of each line.
74 wrap(str, {newline: '\n\n'});
81 Default: `function(str){return str;}`
83 An escape function to run on each line after splitting them.
88 var xmlescape = require('xml-escape');
90 escape: function(string){
91 return xmlescape(string);
102 Trim trailing whitespace from the returned string. This option is included since `.trim()` would also strip the leading indentation from the first line.
107 wrap(str, {trim: true});
116 Break a word between any two letters when the word is longer than the specified width.
121 wrap(str, {cut: true});
128 * [common-words](https://www.npmjs.com/package/common-words): Updated list (JSON) of the 100 most common words in the English language. Useful for… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/common-words) | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/common-words "Updated list (JSON) of the 100 most common words in the English language. Useful for excluding these words from arrays.")
129 * [shuffle-words](https://www.npmjs.com/package/shuffle-words): Shuffle the words in a string and optionally the letters in each word using the… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/shuffle-words) | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/shuffle-words "Shuffle the words in a string and optionally the letters in each word using the Fisher-Yates algorithm. Useful for creating test fixtures, benchmarking samples, etc.")
130 * [unique-words](https://www.npmjs.com/package/unique-words): Return the unique words in a string or array. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/unique-words "Return the unique words in a string or array.")
131 * [wordcount](https://www.npmjs.com/package/wordcount): Count the words in a string. Support for english, CJK and Cyrillic. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/wordcount "Count the words in a string. Support for english, CJK and Cyrillic.")
135 Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](../../issues/new).
139 | **Commits** | **Contributor** |
141 | 43 | [jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) |
142 | 2 | [lordvlad](https://github.com/lordvlad) |
143 | 2 | [hildjj](https://github.com/hildjj) |
144 | 1 | [danilosampaio](https://github.com/danilosampaio) |
145 | 1 | [2fd](https://github.com/2fd) |
146 | 1 | [toddself](https://github.com/toddself) |
147 | 1 | [wolfgang42](https://github.com/wolfgang42) |
148 | 1 | [zachhale](https://github.com/zachhale) |
152 _(This project's readme.md is generated by [verb](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in the [.verb.md](.verb.md) readme template.)_
154 To generate the readme, run the following command:
157 $ npm install -g verbose/verb#dev verb-generate-readme && verb
162 Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:
165 $ npm install && npm test
172 * [github/jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert)
173 * [twitter/jonschlinkert](https://twitter.com/jonschlinkert)
177 Copyright © 2017, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert).
178 Released under the [MIT License](LICENSE).
182 _This file was generated by [verb-generate-readme](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), v0.6.0, on June 02, 2017._