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| author | Andrew Svetlov <andrew.svetlov@gmail.com> | 2012-08-13 20:23:02 (GMT) |
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| committer | Andrew Svetlov <andrew.svetlov@gmail.com> | 2012-08-13 20:23:02 (GMT) |
| commit | f334f740e47a8ac1fd5d144813be7380192ac28b (patch) | |
| tree | 1301a5bc1a4abe9f26cf7cfa285bc484132aca54 /Doc/library | |
| parent | a86565465a9b1199d5ce16ce42239996b8441fd1 (diff) | |
| parent | 59db40166760e270aab5417b5933022349cd35ee (diff) | |
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Issue #15497: Correct characters in TextWrapper.replace_whitespace docs.
Patch by Chris Jerdonek.
Diffstat (limited to 'Doc/library')
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/textwrap.rst | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/textwrap.rst b/Doc/library/textwrap.rst index 50c710c..0ac1cc6 100644 --- a/Doc/library/textwrap.rst +++ b/Doc/library/textwrap.rst @@ -145,9 +145,11 @@ in a block of text. .. attribute:: replace_whitespace - (default: ``True``) If true, each whitespace character (as defined by - ``string.whitespace``) remaining after tab expansion will be replaced by a - single space. + (default: ``True``) If true, after tab expansion but before wrapping, + the :meth:`wrap` method will replace each whitespace character + with a single space. The whitespace characters replaced are + as follows: tab, newline, vertical tab, formfeed, and carriage + return (``'\t\n\v\f\r'``). .. note:: |