# word-wrap [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/word-wrap) [](https://npmjs.org/package/word-wrap) [](https://npmjs.org/package/word-wrap) [](https://travis-ci.org/jonschlinkert/word-wrap)
> Wrap words to a specified length.
## Install
Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/):
```sh
$ npm install --save word-wrap
```
## Usage
```js
var wrap = require('word-wrap');
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.');
```
Results in:
```
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.
```
## Options
### options.width
Type: `Number`
Default: `50`
The width of the text before wrapping to a new line.
**Example:**
```js
wrap(str, {width: 60});
```
### options.indent
Type: `String`
Default: `` (two spaces)
The string to use at the beginning of each line.
**Example:**
```js
wrap(str, {indent: ' '});
```
### options.newline
Type: `String`
Default: `\n`
The string to use at the end of each line.
**Example:**
```js
wrap(str, {newline: '\n\n'});
```
### options.escape
Type: `function`
Default: `function(str){return str;}`
An escape function to run on each line after splitting them.
**Example:**
```js
var xmlescape = require('xml-escape');
wrap(str, {
escape: function(string){
return xmlescape(string);
}
});
```
### options.trim
Type: `Boolean`
Default: `false`
Trim trailing whitespace from the returned string. This option is included since `.trim()` would also strip the leading indentation from the first line.
**Example:**
```js
wrap(str, {trim: true});
```
### options.cut
Type: `Boolean`
Default: `false`
Break a word between any two letters when the word is longer than the specified width.
**Example:**
```js
wrap(str, {cut: true});
```
## About
### Related projects
* [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.")
* [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.")
* [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.")
* [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.")
### Contributing
Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](../../issues/new).
### Contributors
| **Commits** | **Contributor** |
| --- | --- |
| 43 | [jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) |
| 2 | [lordvlad](https://github.com/lordvlad) |
| 2 | [hildjj](https://github.com/hildjj) |
| 1 | [danilosampaio](https://github.com/danilosampaio) |
| 1 | [2fd](https://github.com/2fd) |
| 1 | [toddself](https://github.com/toddself) |
| 1 | [wolfgang42](https://github.com/wolfgang42) |
| 1 | [zachhale](https://github.com/zachhale) |
### Building docs
_(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.)_
To generate the readme, run the following command:
```sh
$ npm install -g verbose/verb#dev verb-generate-readme && verb
```
### Running tests
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:
```sh
$ npm install && npm test
```
### Author
**Jon Schlinkert**
* [github/jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert)
* [twitter/jonschlinkert](https://twitter.com/jonschlinkert)
### License
Copyright © 2017, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert).
Released under the [MIT License](LICENSE).
***
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