public Method

TextHelper.truncate(text, length = 30, truncate_string = "...")

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# File action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb, line 57
def truncate(text, length = 30, truncate_string = "...") #:nodoc:
  if text
    l = length - truncate_string.length
    (text.length > length ? text[0...l] + truncate_string : text).to_s
  end
end
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