module ActionMailer::MailHelper
def format_paragraph(text, len = 72, indent = 2)
format_paragraph(my_text, 25, 4)
my_text = 'Here is a sample text with more than 40 characters'
+indent+ equal two spaces.
By default column length +len+ equals 72 characters and indent
Returns +text+ wrapped at +len+ columns and indented +indent+ spaces.
def format_paragraph(text, len = 72, indent = 2) sentences = [[]] text.split.each do |word| if sentences.first.present? && (sentences.last + [word]).join(" ").length > len sentences << [word] else sentences.last << word end end indentation = " " * indent sentences.map! { |sentence| "#{indentation}#{sentence.join(' ')}" }.join "\n" end