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HTML
<div class="someWrapper" align="justify">
<p>This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. This is a paragraph. Last line</p>
</div>
CSS
.someWrapper {
width: 500px;
}
JavaScript
var $someParagraph = $('.someWrapper p'),
originalHeight = $someParagraph.height();
while( $someParagraph.height() === originalHeight ) {
var paraContents = $someParagraph.html();
$someParagraph.html( paraContents + '-' );
}
// You'll end up with one extra character, just use the contents
// from the beginning of the previous iteration
$someParagraph.html( paraContents );