stringr (version 1.1.0)

str_trunc: Truncate a character string.

Description

Truncate a character string.

Usage

str_trunc(string, width, side = c("right", "left", "center"), ellipsis = "...")

Arguments

string

A character vector.

width

Maximum width of string.

side, ellipsis

Location and content of ellipsis that indicates content has been removed.

See Also

str_pad to increase the minimum width of a string.

Examples

x <- "This string is moderately long"
rbind(
  str_trunc(x, 20, "right"),
  str_trunc(x, 20, "left"),
  str_trunc(x, 20, "center")
)