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Created April 2, 2014 18:07
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truncate.js
String.prototype.trunc =
function( n, useWordBoundary ){
var toLong = this.length > n,
s_ = toLong ? this.substr(0,n-1) : this;
s_ = useWordBoundary && toLong ? s_.substr( 0, s_.lastIndexOf( ' ' ) ) : s_;
return toLong ? s_ + ' ...' : s_;
};
var s = "this is a text"
s.trunc( "6", true ); // "this ..."
s.trunc( "6" ); //"this i ..."
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