Method: String#shorten

Defined in:
lib/midwire_common/string.rb

#shorten(maxcount = 30) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/midwire_common/string.rb', line 93

def shorten(maxcount = 30)
  if length >= maxcount
    shortened = self[0, maxcount]
    splitted = shortened.split(/\s/)
    if splitted.length > 1
      words = splitted.length
      splitted[0, words - 1].join(' ') + '...'
    else
      shortened[0, maxcount - 3] + '...'
    end
  else
    self
  end
end