textwrap_hanging_ident.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import textwrap
from textwrap_example import sample_text

dedented_text = textwrap.dedent(sample_text).strip()
print textwrap.fill(dedented_text,
                    initial_indent='',
                    subsequent_indent=' ' * 4,
                    width=50,
                    )
""" $ python textwrap_hanging_ident.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "textwrap_hanging_ident.py", line 10, in <module>
width=50,
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/textwrap.py", line 365, in fill
w = TextWrapper(width=width, **kwargs)
TypeError: __init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'subsequent_ident'
"""
# maybe using different version of python?

''' figured it out after running it through ipython
it was a typo! Lines 8 & 9 should say indent instead of ident =]'''