truncate(truncate_at, options = {})
Instance Public methods
Truncates a given text
after a given length
if
text
is longer than length
:
1 2 | 'Once upon a time in a world far far away' .truncate( 27 ) # => "Once upon a time in a wo..." |
Pass a string or regexp :separator
to truncate
text
at a natural break:
1 2 3 4 5 | 'Once upon a time in a world far far away' .truncate( 27 , separator: ' ' ) # => "Once upon a time in a..." 'Once upon a time in a world far far away' .truncate( 27 , separator: /\s/) # => "Once upon a time in a..." |
The last characters will be replaced with the :omission
string
(defaults to ââ¦â) for a total length not exceeding length
:
1 2 | 'And they found that many people were sleeping better.' .truncate( 25 , omission: '... (continued)' ) # => "And they f... (continued)" |
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