class String

Public Instance Methods

truncate(truncate_at, options = {}) click to toggle source

taken from rails

# File lib/tarkin_commands.rb, line 3
def truncate(truncate_at, options = {})
  s = self.gsub(/\r\n/, ' ')
  return s unless length > truncate_at

  omission = options[:omission] || '...'
  length_with_room_for_omission = truncate_at - omission.length
  stop =        if options[:separator]
      rindex(options[:separator], length_with_room_for_omission) || length_with_room_for_omission
    else
      length_with_room_for_omission
    end

  "#{s[0, stop]}#{omission}"
end