diff --git a/src/main/resources/data/computercraft/lua/rom/modules/main/cc/strings.lua b/src/main/resources/data/computercraft/lua/rom/modules/main/cc/strings.lua
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+--- Various utilities for working with strings and text.
+--
+-- @see textutils For additional string related utilities.
+
+local expect = require "cc.expect".expect
+
+--- Wraps a block of text, so that each line fits within the given width.
+--
+-- This may be useful if you want to wrap text before displaying it to a
+-- @{monitor} or @{printer} without using @{_G.print|print}.
+--
+-- @tparam string text The string to wrap.
+-- @tparam[opt] number width The width to constrain to, defaults to the width of
+-- the terminal.
+--
+-- @treturn { string... } The wrapped input string.
+-- @usage require "cc.strings".wrap("This is a long piece of text", 10)
+local function wrap(text, width)
+    expect(1, text, "string")
+    expect(2, width, "number", "nil")
+    width = width or term.getSize()
+
+
+    local lines, lines_n, current_line = {}, 0, ""
+    local function push_line()
+        lines_n = lines_n + 1
+        lines[lines_n] = current_line
+        current_line = ""
+    end
+
+    local pos, length = 1, #text
+    local sub, match = string.sub, string.match
+    while pos <= length do
+        local head = sub(text, pos, pos)
+        if head == " " or head == "\t" then
+            local whitespace = match(text, "^[ \t]+", pos)
+            current_line = current_line .. whitespace
+            pos = pos + #whitespace
+        elseif head == "\n" then
+            push_line()
+            pos = pos + 1
+        else
+            local word = match(text, "^[^ \t\n]+", pos)
+            pos = pos + #word
+            if #word > width then
+                -- Print a multiline word
+                while #word > 0 do
+                    local space_remaining = width - #current_line - 1
+                    if space_remaining <= 0 then
+                        push_line()
+                        space_remaining = width
+                    end
+
+                    current_line = current_line .. sub(word, 1, space_remaining)
+                    word = sub(word, space_remaining + 1)
+                end
+            else
+                -- Print a word normally
+                if width - #current_line < #word then push_line() end
+                current_line = current_line .. word
+            end
+        end
+    end
+
+    push_line()
+
+    -- Trim whitespace longer than width.
+    for k, line in pairs(lines) do
+        line = line:sub(1, width)
+        lines[k] = line
+    end
+
+    return lines
+end
+
+--- Makes the input string a fixed width. This either truncates it, or pads it
+-- with spaces.
+--
+-- @tparam string line The string to normalise.
+-- @tparam[opt] number width The width to constrain to, defaults to the width of
+-- the terminal.
+--
+-- @treturn string The string with a specific width.
+-- @usage require "cc.strings".ensure_width("a short string", 20)
+-- @usage require "cc.strings".ensure_width("a rather long string which is truncated", 20)
+local function ensure_width(line, width)
+    expect(1, line, "string")
+    expect(2, width, "number", "nil")
+    width = width or term.getSize()
+
+    line = line:sub(1, width)
+    if #line < width then
+        line = line .. (" "):rep(width - #line)
+    end
+
+    return line
+end
+
+return {
+    wrap = wrap,
+    ensure_width = ensure_width,
+}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/test-rom/spec/modules/cc/strings_spec.lua b/src/test/resources/test-rom/spec/modules/cc/strings_spec.lua
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+describe("cc.pretty", function()
+    local str = require("cc.strings")
+
+    describe("wrap", function()
+        it("validates arguments", function()
+            str.wrap("test string is long")
+            str.wrap("test string is long", 11)
+            expect.error(str.wrap, nil):eq("bad argument #1 (expected string, got nil)")
+            expect.error(str.wrap, "", false):eq("bad argument #2 (expected number, got boolean)")
+        end)
+
+        it("wraps lines", function()
+            expect(str.wrap("test string is long")[1]):eq("test string is long")
+
+            expect(str.wrap("test string is long", 15)[1]):eq("test string is ")
+            expect(str.wrap("test string is long", 15)[2]):eq("long")
+
+            expect(str.wrap("test string is long", 12)[1]):eq("test string ")
+            expect(str.wrap("test string is long", 12)[2]):eq("is long")
+
+            expect(str.wrap("test string is long", 11)[1]):eq("test string")
+            expect(str.wrap("test string is long", 11)[2]):eq("is long")
+        end)
+    end)
+
+    describe("ensure_width", function()
+        it("validates arguments", function()
+            str.wrap("test string is long")
+            str.wrap("test string is long", 11)
+            expect.error(str.ensure_width, nil):eq("bad argument #1 (expected string, got nil)")
+            expect.error(str.ensure_width, "", false):eq("bad argument #2 (expected number, got boolean)")
+        end)
+
+        it("pads lines", function()
+            expect(str.ensure_width("test string is long", 25)):eq("test string is long      ")
+        end)
+        it("truncates lines", function()
+            expect(str.ensure_width("test string is long", 15)):eq("test string is ")
+        end)
+    end)
+end)