diff --git a/oxlib/__init__.py b/oxlib/__init__.py
index 240a5c1..91dc59b 100644
--- a/oxlib/__init__.py
+++ b/oxlib/__init__.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 from hashes import *
 from html import *
+from str import *
 from text import *
 from format import *
 import net
diff --git a/oxlib/str.py b/oxlib/str.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5e7575
--- /dev/null
+++ b/oxlib/str.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# vi:si:et:sw=4:sts=4:ts=4
+
+def wrap(string, length, separator, balance):
+    if balance:
+        # balance lines: test if same number of lines
+        # can be achieved with a shorter line length
+        lines = wrap(string, length, separator, False).split(separator)
+        if len(lines) > 1:
+            while length > max(map(lambda x : len(x), string.split(' '))):
+                length -= 1
+                if len(wrap(string, length, separator, False).split(separator)) > len(lines):
+                    length += 1
+                    break
+    words = string.split(' ')
+    lines = ['']
+    for word in words:
+        if len(lines[len(lines) - 1] + word + ' ') <= length + 1:
+            # word fits in current line
+            lines[len(lines) - 1] += word + ' ';
+        else:
+            if len(word) <= length:
+                # word fits in next line
+                lines.append(word + ' ')
+            else:
+                # word is longer than line
+                position = length - len(lines[len(lines) - 1]) + 1
+                lines[len(lines) - 1] += word[0:position]
+                for i in range(position, len(word), length):
+                    lines.append(word[i:i+length]);
+                lines[len(lines) - 1] += ' '
+    return separator.join(lines).strip()