On Fri, 2005-07-15 at 10:02 -0500, Jay Blanchard wrote:
> [snip]
> Let's say that I have an original string like:
> 
> This is regular text <span class="text">with some text inside a
> span</span>
> 
> Let's say I want to trim it to 25 chars.
> 
> "Brainless trimming" would give me something like
> 
> "This is regular text <sp"
> 
> Wich would completelly mess the design.
> 
> However, if I finish the tag, the following text will be formatted by
> the <span class="text"> tag, thus messing the design also.
> 
> It also happened to trim &nbsp; to half, having the same effect.
> 
> I want to find a smart way to do this trimming in order not to have any
> side effects.
> [/snip]
> 
> Trim it to 25 characters? I think we may be missing the point of your
> question. Can you clarify this for us? Are you wanting....
> 
> This is regular text <sp
> an class="text">with som
> e text inside a span</sp
> an>
> 
> ?

I am wanting to

This is regular text <sp... (see more)

;)

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