truncString {prettyR}

Truncate strings and add ellipses if a string is truncated.

Description

Truncates one or more strings to a specified length, adding an ellipsis (...) to those strings that have been truncated. The justification of the strings can be controlled by the ‘⁠justify⁠’ argument as in format, which does the padding and justification.

Usage

 truncString(x,maxlen=20,justify="left")

Arguments

x

A vector of strings.

maxlen

The maximum length of the returned strings.

justify

Justification for the new strings.

Value

The string(s) passed as ‘⁠x⁠’ now with a maximum length of ‘⁠maxlen⁠’.

Author(s)

Jim Lemon

See Also

substr