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# Dedent
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[](https://travis-ci.org/lithammer/dedent)
[](https://godoc.org/github.com/lithammer/dedent)
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Removes common leading whitespace from multiline strings. Inspired by [`textwrap.dedent` ](https://docs.python.org/3/library/textwrap.html#textwrap.dedent ) in Python.
## Usage / example
Imagine the following snippet that prints a multiline string. You want the indentation to both look nice in the code as well as in the actual output.
```go
package main
import (
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"fmt"
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"github.com/lithammer/dedent"
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)
func main() {
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s := `
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
consectetur adipiscing elit.
Curabitur justo tellus, facilisis nec efficitur dictum,
fermentum vitae ligula. Sed eu convallis sapien.`
fmt.Println(Dedent(s))
fmt.Println("-------------")
fmt.Println(s)
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}
```
To illustrate the difference, here's the output:
```bash
$ go run main.go
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
consectetur adipiscing elit.
Curabitur justo tellus, facilisis nec efficitur dictum,
fermentum vitae ligula. Sed eu convallis sapien.
-------------
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Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
consectetur adipiscing elit.
Curabitur justo tellus, facilisis nec efficitur dictum,
fermentum vitae ligula. Sed eu convallis sapien.
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```
## License
MIT
