scinote-web/app/assets/javascripts/sitewide/string_utils.js

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/*
* Truncate long strings where is necessary.
*/
function truncateLongString( el, chars ) {
var input = $.trim(el.text());
var html = "";
if( el.children().hasClass("glyphicon") ){
html = el.children()[0];
}
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if( input.length >= chars ){
var newText = el.text().slice(0, chars);
for( var i = newText.length; i > 0; i--){
if(newText[i] === ' ' && i > 10){
newText = newText.slice(0, i);
break;
}
}
if ( html ) {
el.html(html.outerHTML + newText + '...' );
} else {
el.html(newText + '...' );
}
}
}
/*
* Usefull for converting locals messages to error format
* (i.e. no dot at the end).
*/
String.prototype.strToErrorFormat = function() {
var length = this.length;
if (this[length - 1] === ".") {
length -= 1;
}
return this.slice(0, length);
}