I don't know if this will qualify as either neat or elegant, but I believe
that it will work. If not, please forgive me, I haven't tested it
exhaustively ;)
<cfset partA = Left(test1,301)>
<cfif Right(partA,1) EQ " ">
<cfset final = partA>
<cfelse>
<cfset lastword = ListLast(partA," ")>
<cfset final = Left(partA,Len(partA)-Len(lastword))>
</cfif>
Note: test1 is the string we are truncating, final is the result
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: BORKMAN Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 10:51 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Limit the output of words to 300 chars
Please Andrew. Lay off the cheap sentimentality. All this lovin' is
getting a little mushy.
btw, your solution will get rid of the last word in the 300 characters, even
if the word was complete, which may not be exactly what you want. Sometimes
basic is not so basic.
Take a look at char 301. If it's whitespace, or maybe even punctuation, you
can leave your 300 chars alone. And that's just the start of the fun.
Neatest, most elegant solution to this near-but-not-quite trivial problem
wins a beautiful set of steak knives.
Lee (Bjork) Borkman
http://bjork.net ColdFusion Tags by Bjork
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott, Andrew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Easy do a left(string,300) then reverse the string and find the first space
get the position and then do a mid on that? Some of these quesations are
very basic programming skills guys!
regards
Andrew Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: Nathan Stanford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
How can I Limit the output of words to 300 chars but don't cut off a word in
the middle?
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