class String
This class extends String
with some helper methods, like truncate.
Public Instance Methods
truncate(truncate_at)
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Mimics core functionality of RoR String's truncate method, by cutting a string to a certain length, while adding '…' to the end and making sure it won't cut in the middle of a word, just on a space.
The original RoR truncate method can be found here: goo.gl/unjyZm Copyright (c) 2005-2017 David Heinemeier Hansson MIT licence: https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/master/MIT-LICENSE (pls, don't sue me)
@param truncate_at [Integer] The desired length to cut the string to @return [String] The truncated string
# File lib/feedie_the_feed/helper_extensions/string.rb, line 14 def truncate(truncate_at) return dup unless length > truncate_at omission = '...' length_with_room_for_omission = truncate_at - omission.length stop = rindex(' ', length_with_room_for_omission) || length_with_room_for_omission "#{self[0, stop]}#{omission}" end