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sekimura / text_strip_margin.py
Created May 13, 2012 04:08
Text (heredoc) strip margin in Python
import re
def strip_margin(text):
return re.sub('\n[ \t]*\|', '\n', text)
def strip_heredoc(text):
indent = len(min(re.findall('\n[ \t]*(?=\S)', text) or ['']))
pattern = r'\n[ \t]{%d}' % (indent - 1)
return re.sub(pattern, '\n', text)