Shorten a string to a specified size
Usage
str_truncate(
strings,
length,
side = c("right", "left", "center"),
ellipsis = "..."
)Arguments
- strings
A character vector, where each element of the vector is a character string.
- length
The maximum number of characters per string in the output vector.
- side
Where the truncation should happen i.e. the location to remove characters from.
- ellipsis
Characters to replace removed characters, indicating shortening, an ellipsis "..." by default
Value
A character vector equal in length() to strings, with each element equal
or more characters than length shortened to that many characters.
See also
str_pad() for padding a string to a certain length.