Cut off paragraph after a certain number of characters

[dontpunchme]

Hi,

I have a field that is displayed on my website. It currently has a few hundred characters in it.

Is there a script I can wrap around it, to limit the number of characters to show the first 150? Also.. is there a way to not have it cut off in the middle of a word?

Sample:
(Before)
Peja Stojakovic scores 16 of his 20 points in the second half to lead the Kings to a 94-92 win over Dallas, putting Sacramento one win away from advancing to the next round.


(After)
Peja Stojakovic scores 16 of his 20 points in the second half to lead the Kings to a 94-92 win over Dallas, putting Sacramento one win away...

Thanks for your help.

Mike

 

[vongrunt]

Ahh... Mavs lost. This should work:

<script language="javascript">
function cutoff( str, len )
{ 	ret = str;
	if (ret.length > len)
	{	ret = str.substring( 0, len+1 );
		ret = ret.substring( 0, ret.lastIndexOf(" ")) + "...";
	}
	return( ret );
}
</script>

 

[dontpunchme]

Thanks for the info.

Where would my text actually go into this script... (or the database call to pull my text in)?

Thanks.

 

[vongrunt]

Database call... are you using server-side language (a la PHP/ASP)? If true, it is probably better to make cutoff there. Javascript is pretty much limited to client-side (browser).