texts

Documentation

Overview

Package texts provides string truncation.

Index

• func Truncate(text string, maxLength int, suffix string, exact bool) string

Examples

• Truncate

Functions

func Truncate

func Truncate(text string, maxLength int, suffix string, exact bool) string

Truncate shortens text until the length of the shortened text and appended suffix is equal to or less than maxLength. If exact is true, text is cut mid-word.

Example

package main

import (
	"fmt"

	"github.com/ChristianSiegert/go-packages/texts"
)

func main() {
	fmt.Println(texts.Truncate("Hello world", 10, "…", false))
	fmt.Println(texts.Truncate("Hello world", 10, "…", true))
}

Output:

Hello …
Hello wor…