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Diffstat (limited to 'activesupport/lib/active_support')
| -rw-r--r-- | activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/filters.rb | 22 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/filters.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/filters.rb index cdd86a836f..e15a1df9c9 100644 --- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/filters.rb +++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/filters.rb @@ -20,25 +20,21 @@ class String self end - # Truncates a given +text+ after a given <tt>length</tt> if +text+ is longer than <tt>length</tt>. - # The last characters will be replaced with the <tt>:omission</tt> (defaults to "...") - # for a total length not exceeding <tt>:length</tt>. + # Truncates a given +text+ after a given <tt>length</tt> if +text+ is longer than <tt>length</tt>: # - # Pass a <tt>:separator</tt> to truncate +text+ at a natural break. + # "Once upon a time in a world far far away".truncate(27) + # # => "Once upon a time in a wo..." # - # ==== Examples + # The last characters will be replaced with the <tt>:omission</tt> string (defaults to "...") + # for a total length not exceeding <tt>:length</tt>: # - # "Once upon a time in a world far far away".truncate(30) - # # => Once upon a time in a worl... + # "Once upon a time in a world far far away".truncate(27, :separator => ' ') + # # => "Once upon a time in a..." # - # "Once upon a time in a world far far away".truncate(30, :separator => ' ') - # # => Once upon a time in a world... - # - # "Once upon a time in a world far far away".truncate(14) - # # => Once upon a... + # Pass a <tt>:separator</tt> to truncate +text+ at a natural break: # # "And they found that many people were sleeping better.".truncate(25, :omission => "... (continued)") - # # => And they f... (continued) + # # => "And they f... (continued)" def truncate(length, options = {}) text = self.dup options[:omission] ||= "..." |