1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/rexml/formatters/pretty.rb b/lib/rexml/formatters/pretty.rb
index 17d217d1dc..1747397700 100644
--- a/lib/rexml/formatters/pretty.rb
+++ b/lib/rexml/formatters/pretty.rb
@@ -126,11 +126,13 @@ module REXML
       end
 
       def wrap(string, width)
-        # Recursively wrap string at width.
-        return string if string.length <= width
-        place = string.rindex(' ', width) # Position in string with last ' ' before cutoff
-        return string if place.nil?
-        return string[0,place] + "\n" + wrap(string[place+1..-1], width)
+        parts = []
+        while string.length > width and place = string.rindex(' ', width)
+          parts << string[0...place]
+          string = string[place+1..-1]
+        end
+        parts << string
+        parts.join("\n")
       end
 
     end