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truncate(length, options = {}) public

Truncates a given text after a given length if text is longer than length:

"Once upon a time in a world far far away".truncate(27)
# => "Once upon a time in a wo..."

Pass a :separator to truncate text at a natural break:

"Once upon a time in a world far far away".truncate(27, :separator => ' ')
# => "Once upon a time in a..."

The last characters will be replaced with the :omission string (defaults to “…”) for a total length not exceeding :length:

"And they found that many people were sleeping better.".truncate(25, :omission => "... (continued)")
# => "And they f... (continued)"
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August 4, 2011
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Examples out of order

The second and third examples should exchange places to fit with their explanations.