Truncate

Description

The truncate function is used to shorten a string by a specified number of characters.

Parameters

  • string (mandatory): The string to be truncated.
  • start (mandatory): The starting character index to truncate from.
  • end (optional): The ending character index to truncate to. If not provided, the string will be truncated to the end of the string.
  • ellipsis (mandatory): A boolean value indicating whether to add an ellipsis (...) to the end of the truncated string.

Examples

  • truncate("Hello, World!", start=5, ellipsis=true) returns ", World!"
  • truncate("This is a long string.", start=9, end=15, ellipsis=false) returns " long "