The truncate method includes the length of that parameter as part of the maximum length. Here's the documentation and source: http://github.com/rails/rails/tree/master/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb#L71
-Dan Manges http://www.dcmanges.com/blog On Sep 19, 5:32 pm, Sav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any idea why the truncate() function returns the wrong number of > characters when using HTML as the 3rd (truncate_string) parameter?... > > <%= truncate(body, 100) %> > Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec risus > ipsum, accumsan ut, consecte... > > <%= truncate(body, 100, ' +') %> > Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec risus > ipsum, accumsan ut, consecte + > > <%= truncate(body, 100, ' <a href="#" class="more">more...</a>') %> > Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit more... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
