www.cflib.org has a UDF called *FullLeft(str, count) * allows you to do a left on a string and only trim at the end of whole words.
Some how i see triming at the last word being the next question :-) On 10/8/06, Denny Valliant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Heh. I don't know why I don't like <cfif len(something)> in the same > manner > I don't like <cfif recordcount>, but anywayze... ;-] > > <cfset dis_reward_description = Replace(Trim(reward_description), > Chr(10),"<br /> ","ALL")> > <cfif len(dis_reward_description) gt 97> > #left(dis_reward_description,97)#... > <cfelseif len(dis_reward_description) gt 0> > #dis_reward_description# > </cfif> > > And you may consider a fixed-width font so the kerning(sp?) doesn't > defeat this attempt at making things "even". > > I left the query name off, as it maybe "should be", so long as it's in > the main query loop. > Otherwise, you'd want someQ.someField[someQ.currentrow], I > think. I don't know. I'm not the best practicer of scoping by a long > shot. > > Hehehe, > -Denny > > On 10/8/06, terry yee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Am calling text from datasource and need to display only a small portion > of it. ie. first 100 characters etc.. > > my code: > > > > <cfif len(getRewards.reward_description)> > > #Replace(Trim(getRewards.reward_description), Chr(10), "<br> > " , "ALL")# </cfif> > > > > cheers > > terry > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:255938 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
