Nodejs String Truncate truncate(len = 50)

Method Source Code

/**//from   w  w  w  .  j a va 2  s.com
 * Truncate String
 * truncate string after `len` characters
 * @param {number} [len = 50]  len
 */
String.prototype.truncate = function(len = 50){

  var regx = new RegExp('^.{0,'+ len +'}[\S]*')
  var matches_array = this.match(regx);
  var str_length = matches_array[0].length;
  var replacement = matches_array[0].replace(/\s$/,'');

  return ((str_length > this.length) ? (replacement) : (replacement + "...") )

}

Related

1. trunc()

   String.prototype.trunc = String.prototype.trunc ||
     function(n){
       return this.length>n ? this.substr(0,n-1)+'…' : this;
   };
   

2. truncar(number,cadena)

   String.prototype.truncar = function(number,cadena) {
     if(number < 0)
       return this;
     if(cadena){
       return this.substr(0,number)+cadena;
     return this.substr(0,number);
   

3. truncate( length, char )

   String.prototype.truncate = function ( length, char ) {
     var _length = length || 18;
     return this.length > _length ? this.substring( 0, _length ).replace( /\s+$/g, '' ) + ( char || '?' ) : this;
   

4. truncate()

   String.prototype.truncate = function(){
       var re = this.match(/^.{0,50}[\S]*/);
       var l = re[0].length;
       var re = re[0].replace(/\s$/,'');
       if(l < this.length)
           re = re + "...";
       return re;
   

5. truncate(capLength)

   String.prototype.truncate = function(capLength){
     var trunc = '..';
     var output = this;
     if(typeof capLength !== 'number'){
       console.log('Arg must be a number type. No truncation made.');
       return output;
     if(output.length > capLength){
         if(output[capLength-1] === ' '){ 
   ...
   

6. truncate(length)

   String.prototype.truncate = function(length) {
     return this.substr(0, length - 1) + (this.length > length? '...' : '');
   

7. truncate(length)

   String.prototype.truncate = function(length) {
     if (length == null) 
       length = 30;
     if (this.length > length) {
       content = this.substring(0, length);
       content += '?';
     } else {
       content = this  
     return content; 
   };
   var viewingMode;
   

8. truncate(length)

   String.prototype.truncate = function(length) {
     length = typeof length !== 'undefined' ? length : 100;
     if (this.length > length) {
       var str = this.substring(0, length);
       str = str.substring(0, Math.min(str.length, str.lastIndexOf(" ")));
       str = str + " ...";
       return str;
     } else {
       return this;
   ...
   

9. truncate(length, substitute)

   String.prototype.truncate = String.prototype.truncate || function (length, substitute) {
     return this.length > (length || 30) ? this.substr(0, (length || 30)).replace(/\s$/, '') + (substitute || '?') : this.toString()