Trim text down and add ...

trimText.js

	// Trim text.

	function trimText( jquery_obj_to_trim, trim_length ){
		var currentText = jquery_obj_to_trim.text();
		var newLength = trim_length;
		var currentTextTrimmed = currentText.substr(0, newLength);
		var endOfCurrentText = /\W?\s?\b\w+\W*?$/.exec( currentTextTrimmed );
		if( endOfCurrentText === null ) return;
		var endOfCurrentTextLength = endOfCurrentText[0].length;
		currentTextTrimmed = currentText.substr(0, newLength - endOfCurrentTextLength );
		var newText = currentTextTrimmed + "...";
		jquery_obj_to_trim.text( newText );
	}

  //Example usage
	trimText( $(".hero-news p") , 180 );

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I've made some significant improvements. https://gist.github.com/namklabs/e1550d7f795e1daf2241