%% Call Python Function in MATLAB to Wrap Paragraph Text
% This example shows how to use Python® language functions and modules within MATLAB®. The example calls a text-formatting module from the Python standard library.
% MATLAB supports the reference implementation of Python, often called CPython. If you are on a Mac or Linux platform, you already have Python installed. If you are on Windows, you need to install a distribution, such as those found at https://www.python.org/download, if you have not already done so. For more information, see Install Supported Python Implementation.
%% Use Python textwrap Module
% MATLAB has equivalencies for much of the Python standard library, but not everything. For example, textwrap is a module for formatting blocks of text with carriage returns and other conveniences. MATLAB also provides a textwrap function, but it only wraps text to fit inside a UI control.
% Create a paragraph of text to play with.

T = 'We at MathWorks believe in the importance of engineers and scientists. They increase human knowledge and profoundly improve our standard of living.';

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%% Convert Python String to MATLAB String
% Call the textwrap.wrap function by typing the characters py. in front of the function name. Do not type import textwrap.

wrapped = py.textwrap.wrap(T);
whos wrapped

%
% wrapped is a Python list, which is a list of Python strings. MATLAB shows this type as py.list.
% Convert py.list to a cell array of Python strings.

wrapped = cell(wrapped);
whos wrapped

%
% Although wrapped is a MATLAB cell array, each cell element is a Python string.

wrapped{1}

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% Convert the Python strings to MATLAB strings using the char function.

wrapped = cellfun(@char, wrapped, 'UniformOutput', false);
wrapped{1}

%
% Now each cell element is a MATLAB string.
%% Customize the Paragraph
% Customize the output of the paragraph using keyword arguments.
% The previous code uses the wrap convenience function, but the module provides many more options using the  py.textwap.TextWrapper functionality. To use the options, call py.textwap.TextWrapper with keyword arguments described at  https://docs.python.org/2/library/textwrap.html#textwrap.TextWrapper.
% Create keyword arguments using the MATLAB pyargs function with a comma-separated list of name/value pairs. width formats the text to be 30 characters wide. The initial_indent and  subsequent_indent keywords begin each line with the comment character, %, used by MATLAB.

tw = py.textwrap.TextWrapper(pyargs(...
    'initial_indent', '% ', ...
    'subsequent_indent', '% ', ...
    'width', int32(30)));
wrapped = wrap(tw,T);

%
% Convert to a MATLAB argument and display the results.

wrapped = cellfun(@char, cell(wrapped), 'UniformOutput', false);
fprintf('%s\n', wrapped{:})

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%% Learn More
% It is sufficient to remember that Python is yet another potential source of libraries for the MATLAB user. If you want to learn about moving data between MATLAB and Python, including Python data types such as tuples and dictionaries, see Call Python Libraries.
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