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at July 24, 2009 04:41 by jonniespratley
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/**
* I take a string and create an excerpt from it, returning an object
* with the summary and body properties,
* @param {Object} str - the string to shorten
* @param {Object} limit - the limit of characters
*/
function jps_shortString( str, limit )
{
var body = new String( str );
var summary = new String(str);
summary = summary.substr( 0, summary.lastIndexOf( ' ', limit ) ) + '...';
var returnString = new Object({
body: body,
summary: summary
});
//window.console.log( 'Summary - ' + summary);
//window.console.log( 'Body - ' + body);
return returnString;
}
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JavaScript - Create excerpt
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JavaScript