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JavaScript to trim after n characters

rated 0 times [ 177] [ 6] / answers: 1 / hits: 19385 / 13 Years ago, thu, december 8, 2011, 12:00:00

I have a HTML page which shows a Name dynamically. Now this name (FN LN) can be upto 240 charcaters. But at the UI side, I want to trim the FN/LN after about 50 characters and replace with ...

How can I do this using Javascript/jQuery

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answered 13 Years ago dylondarrianb · Accepted Answer

$(#FN, #LN).each (function () {

  if ($(this).text().length > 50)

    $(this).text($(this).text().substring(0,50) + '...');

});

This should work.