split a sentence based on maximum character width of sentences

split_text_max_width.py

def get_interval(space_list, width):
    for i in range(len(space_list)-1):
        if space_list[i+1]>width:
            return space_list[i]
        else:
            continue
    return space_list[-1]

def get_subtracted_list(space_list, width):
    return list(map(lambda x: int(((x-width)+abs(x-width))/2), space_list))

def get_all_breaks(space_list, width):
    space_list_copy = space_list.copy()
    split_indices = []
    last_space_ind = 10 #random positve number
    while last_space_ind>0:
        last_space_ind = get_interval(space_list_copy, width)
        split_indices.append(last_space_ind)
        space_list_copy = get_subtracted_list(space_list_copy, last_space_ind)
    #non-cumulative list
    split_indices = split_indices[:-1]
    return split_indices

def splitting(x, width=400):
    sentence_tray = []
    copy_x = x
    space_list = [m.start() for m in re.finditer(' ', x)]
    if not space_list:
        space_list = [len(x)]
    all_breaks = get_all_breaks(space_list, width=width)

    for item in all_breaks:
        sentence_tray.append(copy_x[:item].strip())
        copy_x = copy_x[item:]
    sentence_tray.append(copy_x.strip())
    if '' in sentence_tray:
        sentence_tray.remove('')
    return sentence_tray