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truncate text and add ellipsis '...'
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truncate.py
# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2872512/python-truncate-a-long-string
def short_text(data):
return (data[:10] + '..') if len(data) > 10 else data
print short_text('adaf adf adf adf asdf adff')
# >> adaf adf a..
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