# coding: utf-8 """ Helper for formatting exception messages. Exports the following items: - pretty_message() """ from __future__ import unicode_literals, division, absolute_import, print_function import re import textwrap __all__ = [ 'pretty_message', ] def pretty_message(string, *params): """ Takes a multi-line string and does the following: - dedents - converts newlines with text before and after into a single line - strips leading and trailing whitespace :param string: The string to format :param *params: Params to interpolate into the string :return: The formatted string """ output = textwrap.dedent(string) # Unwrap lines, taking into account bulleted lists, ordered lists and # underlines consisting of = signs if output.find('\n') != -1: output = re.sub('(?<=\\S)\n(?=[^ \n\t\\d\\*\\-=])', ' ', output) if params: output = output % params output = output.strip() return output