Module: ArticleHelper

Defined in:
app/helpers/article_helper.rb

Constant Summary collapse

MORE_CHARACTERS_TOLERANCE = 
100
NUMBER_OF_CHARACTERS = 
1200

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#shorten_text(text, number_of_characters = NUMBER_OF_CHARACTERS, more_link = nil) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'app/helpers/article_helper.rb', line 6

def shorten_text(text, number_of_characters = NUMBER_OF_CHARACTERS, more_link = nil)
  if !(text.nil? || text.empty?)
    if text.length <= number_of_characters
      shorter_text = text
    else
      punction_char_after_end = \
        (text[number_of_characters..number_of_characters+MORE_CHARACTERS_TOLERANCE] =~ /\.|,|;/) || 0
      shorter_text = text[0..number_of_characters + punction_char_after_end]

      if more_link
        shorter_text += more_link
      end
    end
  else
    shorter_text = ''
  end

  shorter_text
end