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Re: How do I truncate a string while preserving words?

by Tomte (Priest)
on May 11, 2007 at 08:03 UTC ( [id://614841]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

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    $string =~ s/^(.{0,$maxlength})\b.*$/$1.../s;
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         {n}?   Match exactly n times
     {n,}?  Match at least n times
     {n,m}? Match at least n but not more than m times

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