>>>>> "Stuart" == Stuart Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Stuart> The truncate function of the String plugin allows for a suffix that Stuart> will be appended to the truncated string. A patch was added 'to not Stuart> append suffix if the string is already shorter than the required Stuart> length'. This is not explained in the docs. Stuart> Since my problem requires adding the suffix regardless of length, I Stuart> did not assume that it would functiion this way. An update to the Stuart> docs to mention this condition would be nice. If you want to add a suffix, regardless of length, you can simply use the "_" operator. See the example there for a use of the suffix inserted when truncation *has* happened. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! _______________________________________________ templates mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.template-toolkit.org/mailman/listinfo/templates
