CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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user852974
user852974

Reputation: 2282

Displaying Only the first x words of a string in rails

<%= message.content %>

I can display a message like this, but in some situations I would like to display only the first 5 words of the string and then show an ellipsis (...)

Upvotes: 13

Views: 14602

Answers (4)

Radhika
Radhika

Reputation: 2561

In rails 4.2 you can use truncate_words.

'Once upon a time in a world far far away'.truncate_words(4)
=> "Once upon a time..."

Upvotes: 30

ndrix
ndrix

Reputation: 1241

Try the following:

'this is a line of some words'.split[0..3].join(' ')
=> "this is a line"

Upvotes: 11

gilsilas
gilsilas

Reputation: 1461

you can use truncate to limit length of string

truncate("Once upon a time in a world far far away", :length => 17, :separator => ' ')
# => "Once upon a..."

with given space separator it won't cut your words.

If you want exactly 5 words you can do something like this

class String
  def words_limit(limit)
    string_arr = self.split(' ')
    string_arr.count > limit ? "#{string_arr[0..(limit-1)].join(' ')}..." : self
  end
end
text = "aa bb cc dd ee ff"
p text.words_limit(3)
# => aa bb cc...

Upvotes: 16

Anatoly
Anatoly

Reputation: 15530

   # Message helper
   def content_excerpt(c)
     return unlessc
     c.split(" ")[0..4].join + "..."
   end

   # View
   <%= message.content_excerpt %>

But the common way is truncate method

   # Message helper
   def content_excerpt(c)
     return unless c
     truncate(c, :length => 20)
   end

Upvotes: 2

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