Build a text wrapper. For example, split a long sentence by some character limit only at spaces.

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Sid · Accepted Answer

Simple. Don't look at the problem from the perspective of a text wrapper. Solve it as a puzzle as a bottom to top approach. Split all the words based on spaces and store them as a list. Starting with the first word in the list, measure the length of the word (by characters) and concatenate the next word to it if the condition doesn't meet your requirement.

Anonymous · Answer

It involved a bit of state tracking where I found the nearest space lower than previous space + char_limit. Deceptively hard question.

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