string.ellipsize
| Syntax |
string.ellipsize (s, ct)
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| Params |
s is the string you want to ellipsize. ct is the maximum string length.
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| Action |
If the length of s is greater than ct, it shortens s and adds three dots, an ellipsis.
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| Returns |
The ellipsized string.
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| Examples |
string.ellipsize ("Mary had a little lamb.", 10) » "Mary ha..."
string.ellipsize ("I'd say that this was the best movie of the year, except it wasn't.", 51)
string.ellipsize ("Do you know the way to San Jose?", 100) //ct is greater than the length of the string
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| Notes |
This verb is new in Frontier 6.1.
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| See Also |
string.delete
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