truncate

Truncates a long string to a specified length, optionally appending an ellipsis after the string.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Default
str	string	●	–
length	number	●	–
ellipsisnamed	string	–	''

named parameters are passed as named parameters in Dart and keyword arguments in Python.

Returns

string

Examples

JavaScript

truncate('hello', 3); // Returns 'hel'
truncate('hello', 2, '...'); // Returns 'he...'

Dart

truncate('hello', 3); // Returns 'hel'
truncate('hello', 2, ellipsis: '...'); // Returns 'he...'

Python

truncate('hello', 3)  # Returns 'hel'
truncate('hello', 2, '...')  # Returns 'he...'