Truncate a string

Truncate a string in JavaScript

by dshilkret

HTML

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JavaScript

//-- Truncate function
function truncate(string,limit){
  if(string.length > limit){
    return string.substring(1,limit);
  }
  else {
    return string;
  }
}

//-- Example
var text = "\"4fb5a5cc-31bd-49e3-b046-38b7b9114d61,3\"";
console.log(truncate(text,20));

//-- Write in HTML
document.getElementById('text').innerHTML = truncate(text,37);