Re: Cutting down a string

$string=substr($string,0,20).'..' if length($string) > 22;
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Or there's also . . . by Fletch (Bishop) on Nov 10, 2001 at 03:22 UTC
`substr( $string, 20 ) = '..' if length($string) > 22;` [download] or even `$string = sprintf( "%20s..", $string ) if length($string) > 22;` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Or there's also . . . by jmcnamara (Monsignor) on Nov 10, 2001 at 20:10 UTC
Nice, but not quite right: `$string = sprintf( "%.20s..", $string ) if length($string) > 22;` [download] -- John.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Cutting down a string by Anonymous Monk on Nov 10, 2001 at 02:37 UTC
thank you very much	[reply]


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