Truncate string without cutting words in Javascript.

truncate-string.js

// From @NT3RP on https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5454235/shorten-string-without-cutting-words-in-javascript
var yourString = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"; //replace with your string.
var maxLength = 6 // maximum number of characters to extract

//trim the string to the maximum length
var trimmedString = yourString.substr(0, maxLength);

//re-trim if we are in the middle of a word
trimmedString = trimmedString.substr(0, Math.min(trimmedString.length, trimmedString.lastIndexOf(" ")))