shortenstring: Shorten Strings
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shortenstring

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Shorten Strings

Description

Strings are shortened if they are longer than n

Usage

shortenstring(x, n = 50, endstring = "..", endchars = NULL)

Arguments

`x`	a string or a vector of strings
`n`	maximal character length
`endstring`	string(s) to be appended to the shortened strings
`endchars`	number of last characters to be shown at the end of the abbreviated string. By default, it adjusts to `n`.

Value

Abbreviated string(s)

Author(s)

Werner A. Stahel

Examples

shortenstring("abcdefghiklmnop", 8)

shortenstring(c("aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa","bbbbc",
  "This text is certainly too long, don't you think?"),c(8,3,20))

plgraphics documentation built on Oct. 19, 2023, 3 p.m.