Good call Michael! I have my own function (I bet many do) this is a great addition!
- Daniel On May 14, 4:51 pm, Michael Fuery <mfu...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://fuerysolutions.com/2009/05/14/why-doesnt-mootools-have-a-strin... > > I need a quick way to truncate strings! I’m surprised that neither > MooTools’ String.js or String.Extras.js has such a method. They have > so many super-awesome functions, methods and extensions (I especially > love the Date.js extensions!!). Yeah, I really love mootools, and I > feel compelled to share with the community. So anyway, I wrote out a > simple, straightforward String.truncate() function. > > Comments, suggestions, corrections and extensions are always welcomed! > > <pre lang="javascript" line="1"> > String.implement({ > /** > * String.truncate(max, atChar, trail) > * > * ++All parameters are optional. > * @param max = (integer) maximum length of truncated string. > Defaults to 100 chars. > * @param atChar = (string) truncate at the last index of this > string. If not found, just truncates to max length. > * If null, does not search and truncates to max > length. > * @param trail = (string) what you want appended to the end of > the returned string > * > * @author Michael Fuery, Fuery Solutions, > Inc.http://www.fuerysolutions.com/ > * > * +Requires MooTools Core 1.2.2 > */ > truncate:function(max, atChar, trail){ > var s = this.trim(); > if(s.length<1) return ''; > if(!$defined(max)) var max = 100; > else max = max.toInt(); > if(!$defined(atChar)) var atChar=' '; // break at space > else if(atChar == null) var atChar=false; > if(!$defined(trail)) var trail = '...'; > > if(s.length > max) { > var i=0; > if(atChar){ > if((i = s.lastIndexOf(atChar)) != -1){ > s = s.substring(0, i); > }else{ > s = s.substring(0, max); > } > } > > s += trail; > } > > return s; > }}); > > </pre>
