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Re: truncating a line

by svsingh (Priest)
on Jul 01, 2003 at 15:26 UTC ( [id://270511]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to truncating a line

I haven't seen anyone answer with this one yet, so I thought I'd throw it out there. Sorry if it's a repeat. I'm not as proficient with all the regex tricks as I'd like to be. 
$line =~ /^(.{0,17})/;
print "$1\n";

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If that's a rehash, then please let me know. I think it's close to BrowserUK's answer, but they have an if that mine doesn't. Thanks.

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Re: Re: truncating a line
by tilly (Archbishop) on Jul 01, 2003 at 16:18 UTC
    Removing an if is only worthwhile if you still have a correct solution.

    Yours does not add the requested "..." when it is needed. (And like the other RE solution will also mess up if there is a newline in there.)

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      Argh. Thanks tilly. I was so jazzed that I knew how to approach the first half, I overlooked the second. Read the spec, read the spec, read the spec.
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