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'''Function'''
'''Function'''
<lsl>
<source lang="lsl2">
string StringTruncate(string text, integer length) {
string StringTruncate(string text, integer length)
     if (length < llStringLength(text)){
{
         return llGetSubString(text,0, length - 2) + "…";
     if (length < llStringLength(text))
     }else{
         return llGetSubString(text, 0, length - 2) + "…";
 
     // else
         return text;
         return text;
    }
}
}
</lsl>
</source>


'''Example'''
'''Example'''
<lsl>
<source lang="lsl2">
string StringTruncate(string text, integer length) {
string StringTruncate(string text, integer length)
     if (length < llStringLength(text)){
{
         return llGetSubString(text,0, length - 2) + "…";
     if (length < llStringLength(text))
     } else {
         return llGetSubString(text, 0, length - 2) + "…";
 
     // else
         return text;
         return text;
    }
}
}
 
default
default
{
{
     state_entry()
     state_entry()
     {
     {
       // llSay(0, "Hello, Avatar!");
       // llSay(PUBLIC_CHANNEL, "Hello, Avatar!");
     }
     }
 
     touch_start(integer total_number)
     touch_start(integer num_detected)
     {
     {
         llSay(0,StringTruncate("my name Ulrik Ulrik",11));
         llSay(PUBLIC_CHANNEL, StringTruncate("my name Ulrik Ulrik", 11));
     }
     }
}
}
</lsl>
</source>
{{LSLC|User-Defined Functions}}
{{LSLC|User-Defined Functions}}

Latest revision as of 14:38, 22 January 2015

Not to be confused with llStringTrim.

this function will trim a string if it is too long.

Function

string StringTruncate(string text, integer length)
{
    if (length < llStringLength(text))
        return llGetSubString(text, 0, length - 2) + "…";

    // else
        return text;
}

Example

string StringTruncate(string text, integer length)
{
    if (length < llStringLength(text))
        return llGetSubString(text, 0, length - 2) + "…";

    // else
        return text;
}
 
default
{
    state_entry()
    {
       // llSay(PUBLIC_CHANNEL, "Hello, Avatar!");
    }
 
    touch_start(integer num_detected)
    {
        llSay(PUBLIC_CHANNEL, StringTruncate("my name Ulrik Ulrik", 11));
    }
}