BBmisc: clipString – R documentation

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clipString

Shortens strings to a given length.

Shortens strings to a given length.

clipString(x, len, tail = "...")

`x`	[`character`] Vector of strings.
`len`	[`integer(1)`] Absolute length the string should be clipped to, including `tail`. Note that you cannot clip to a shorter length than `tail`.
`tail`	[`character(1)`] If the string has to be shortened at least 1 character, the final characters will be `tail`. Default is “...”.

[character(1)].

print(clipString("abcdef", 10))
print(clipString("abcdef", 5))

Miscellaneous Helper Functions for B. Bischl

v1.11

BSD_2_clause + file LICENSE

Authors

Bernd Bischl [aut, cre], Michel Lang [aut], Jakob Bossek [aut], Daniel Horn [aut], Jakob Richter [aut], Dirk Surmann [aut]

Initial release