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Created September 20, 2011 06:04
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truncate text to nearest word boundry
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gistfile1.rb
# truncate text without chopping words
# where d = text to truncate
# x = maximum amount of characters
(d.length <= x) ? d : d[0..x].split()[0...-1].join(' ') + '...'
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my ruby is very weak; would like to see a simpler way of doing this. anyone for golf?

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