The only problem with this is that it will cut it off in mid-word. So,
you can just loop from 1000 down to 1 and check for the end of a word/parag
raph, and when it is found, take that index to do the Left().
>>> "Jim Curran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02/21/02 02:08PM >>>
For the blurb area try this...
First choose a character count for the words (fairly easy method, and
since
you specify 100 - 200 words, I'll assume it's flexible)
Lets say 1000 chars
#left(body,find(" ",body,1000))#
What this does is find the first space after char position 1000 and trims
at
that point.
Add a ... < more > link to the full article and you're set
- j
jim.curran
technical.director
nylon.technology
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-----Original Message-----
From: Webmaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 5:14 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: How to trim text (read inside)
I have a database table that contains news headlines. I was wondering how
to
be able to take like the first 100 - 200 words of the news story and
display
it in a "introduction" like section. What I want is that when people come
to
the site, they see the latest headlines with the headline, the date and a
brief blurb from it as well as the link to read the rest.
Any help would be appreciated.
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