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a quick way of truncating text in Ruby
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truncating text
def truncate_words(text, url, length = 120, end_string = "... <a href='#{url}' class='more'>read more <img src='/images/black/arrow_right_8x8.png' /></a>")
words = text.split()
words[0..(length-1)].join(' ') + (words.length > length ? end_string : '')
end
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