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Created June 7, 2011 22:03
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helper to truncate words
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truncate_words_helper.rb
def truncate_words(text, length, end_string = ' ...')
words = text.split()
words = words[0..(length-1)].join(' ') + (words.length > length ? end_string : '')
end
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marvin commented Jun 7, 2011

I used this in a current sinatra project to cut the length of a task title that is shown in a task preview
use it like that

truncate_words("a very very long long title", 3, '...')

will cut it down to only show the first 3 words

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