How to remove extra indentation of Python triple quoted multi-line strings?

Question

I have a python editor where the user is entering a script or code, which is then put into a main method behind the scenes, while also having every line indented. The proble

Answer 1

Showing the difference between textwrap.dedent and inspect.cleandoc with a little more clarity:

Behavior with the leading part not indented

import textwrap
import inspect

string1="""String
with
no indentation
       """
string2="""String
        with
        indentation
       """
print('string1 plain=' + repr(string1))
print('string1 inspect.cleandoc=' + repr(inspect.cleandoc(string1)))
print('string1 texwrap.dedent=' + repr(textwrap.dedent(string1)))
print('string2 plain=' + repr(string2))
print('string2 inspect.cleandoc=' + repr(inspect.cleandoc(string2)))
print('string2 texwrap.dedent=' + repr(textwrap.dedent(string2)))

Output

string1 plain='String\nwith\nno indentation\n       '
string1 inspect.cleandoc='String\nwith\nno indentation\n       '
string1 texwrap.dedent='String\nwith\nno indentation\n'
string2 plain='String\n        with\n        indentation\n       '
string2 inspect.cleandoc='String\nwith\nindentation'
string2 texwrap.dedent='String\n        with\n        indentation\n'

Behavior with the leading part indented

string1="""
String
with
no indentation
       """
string2="""
        String
        with
        indentation
       """

print('string1 plain=' + repr(string1))
print('string1 inspect.cleandoc=' + repr(inspect.cleandoc(string1)))
print('string1 texwrap.dedent=' + repr(textwrap.dedent(string1)))
print('string2 plain=' + repr(string2))
print('string2 inspect.cleandoc=' + repr(inspect.cleandoc(string2)))
print('string2 texwrap.dedent=' + repr(textwrap.dedent(string2)))

Output

string1 plain='\nString\nwith\nno indentation\n       '
string1 inspect.cleandoc='String\nwith\nno indentation\n       '
string1 texwrap.dedent='\nString\nwith\nno indentation\n'
string2 plain='\n        String\n        with\n        indentation\n       '
string2 inspect.cleandoc='String\nwith\nindentation'
string2 texwrap.dedent='\nString\nwith\nindentation\n'