smart-ellipsis

cut text tail but smarter

Usage no npm install needed!

<script type="module">
  import smartEllipsis from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/smart-ellipsis';
</script>

README

smart-ellipsis

cut text and add ellipsis/tail without quirks

Build Status

When using something like substr and adding ... you get all kind of quirks and this module handle that quirks

install

npm install smart-ellipsis

usage

const smartEllipsis = require('smart-ellipsis');

smartEllipsis(text, maxLength);

examples

it will not cut in half

smartEllipsis('hello world', 7) // 'hello...'

it will remove extra . and space

smartEllipsis('hello world. what\'s up?', 12) // 'hello world...'

it will remove extra ,

smartEllipsis('hello world, what\'s up?', 11) // 'hello world...'

it will remove extra \n

smartEllipsis('hello world\n what\'s up?', 11) // 'hello world...'

it will remove extra \r\n

smartEllipsis('hello world\r\n what\'s up?', 11) // 'hello world...'

it will remove extra ?

smartEllipsis('hello world? what\'s up?', 11) // 'hello world...'

it will remove !

smartEllipsis('hello world! what\'s up?', 11) // 'hello world...'