short

short(string) truncates string to 40 characters and appends … when it had to cut. Strings of 40 characters or fewer are returned unchanged. The argument defaults to '', so passing nothing yields an empty string rather than throwing.

Part of pota/use/string.

Arguments

Argument	Type	Description
string	string	The string to truncate. Defaults to ''.

Returns: string — the original string, or its first 40 characters plus ….

Examples

Truncate long text

Cuts overflowing text and leaves short text intact.

import { short } from 'pota/use/string'

short('a short title') // 'a short title'
short('x'.repeat(100)) // 40 'x' characters followed by '…'