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might be better to use the ellipsis character … – Keet Apr 14 '13 at 22:03
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check out my answer if you need to avoid words cutting. – TechNyquist Feb 3 '14 at 9:21
theunixshell.blogspot.in/2012/12/… – Vijay Apr 17 '14 at 14:13
Try This Link, May help You... stackoverflow.com/a/26098951/3944217 – edCoder Sep 29 '14 at 11:46
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//The simple version for 10 Characters from the beginning of the string
string = substr(string,0,10).'...';
Update:
Based on suggestion for checking length (and also ensuring similar lengths on trimmed and untrimmed strings):
string = (strlen(string) > 13) ? substr(string,0,10).'...' : string;
So you will get a string of max 13 characters; either 13 (or less) normal characters or 10 characters followed by '...'