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August 1, 2013 17:00
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Truncate string on a word boundary
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| def smart_truncate(content, length=100, suffix='...'): | |
| if len(content) <= length: | |
| return content | |
| else: | |
| return ' '.join(content[:length+1].split(' ')[0:-1]) + suffix |
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