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class method

PrettyPrint.format

format(output=''.dup, maxwidth=79, newline="\n", genspace=lambda {|n| ' ' * n}) { |q| ... }

This is a convenience method which is same as follows:

Example
begin
  q = PrettyPrint.new(output, maxwidth, newline, &genspace)
  ...
  q.flush
  output
end
See also .new .singleline_format also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0