# String lenth limit **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [August 3, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/string-lenth-limit/101159 "2006-08-03T14:23:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Matias](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Matias](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Matias)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/string-lenth-limit/101159/1 "2006-08-03T14:23:18Z")
Hi, I’ve seen some time ago a function which, given a string like “this is a very long string” would return , for example limitin it to 10 chars “this is a…” , but I can’t remember where… I’ve searched throwth the apis of rails and ruby itself and I can’t find it. Thanks everybody… ---
**Author:** ![Matias](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Matias](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Matias)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/string-lenth-limit/101159/2 "2006-08-03T14:23:19Z")
Slice? or Split? On 8/3/06, Matias [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > * * * > > Rails mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) – Anime ni naruttebayo!!! Uchiha Itachi’s Trashcan@ptoys [http://ptoys.proboards40.com/index.cgi?board=showroom&action=display&thread=1108620582](http://ptoys.proboards40.com/index.cgi?board=showroom&action=display&thread=1108620582) ---
**Author:** ![Matias](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Matias](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Matias)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/string-lenth-limit/101159/3 "2006-08-03T14:23:22Z")
mmm… neither of both… I’m talking of something like this: > “my very long string again”.funky\_function(10) ==\> “my very lo…” I know it’s very easy to implement… I think I’ll end going that way. Thanks Uchiha Itachi escribió: > Slice? or Split? ---
**Author:** ![Matias](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Matias](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Matias)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/string-lenth-limit/101159/4 "2006-08-03T14:23:47Z")
That’s exactly what I was looking for… thanks a lot. Ezra Z. escribió: > ---
**Author:** ![Matias](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Matias](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Matias)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 7:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/string-lenth-limit/101159/5 "2006-08-03T19:25:38Z")
On 8/2/06, Ezra Z. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > is a…" , but I can’t remember where… I’ve searched throwth > > -Ezra > > * * * > > Rails mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) what object/module is this truncate method defined on? ---
**Author:** ![Matias](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Matias](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Matias)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/string-lenth-limit/101159/6 "2006-08-03T19:39:28Z")
linux user wrote: > what object/module is this truncate method defined on? ActionView::Helpers::TextHelper The appropriate API documentation is here: [http://api.rubyonrails.com/classes/ActionView/Helpers/TextHelper.html#M000505](http://api.rubyonrails.com/classes/ActionView/Helpers/TextHelper.html#M000505) ---
**Author:** ![Matias](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Matias](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Matias)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 8:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/string-lenth-limit/101159/7 "2006-08-04T08:13:58Z")
On Aug 3, 2006, at 9:58 AM, linux user wrote: > > very long string" would return , for example limitin it to 10 chars > > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) > > what object/module is this truncate method defined on? Sorry, its a view helper. So it is available in all views. -Ezra ---
**Author:** ![Matias](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Matias](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Matias)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/string-lenth-limit/101159/8 "2006-08-03T14:23:23Z")
On Aug 2, 2006, at 3:00 PM, Matias wrote: > Thanks everybody… > > * * * > > Rails mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) str = “This is a long string This is a long string This is a long string This is a long string This is a long string” truncate str, 20 That will truncate the string to 20 chars and add a ‘…’ to the end. -Ezra