truncate 3.0.0

String truncation library supporting predefined and custom truncation strategies

truncate

String truncation library supporting multiple predefined and custom truncation strategies

Usage

You can check out the package on pub.dev or read the documentation there.

A simple usage example:

import 'package:truncate/truncate.dart';

main() {
  var text = "This is a long text";
  var truncated =
      truncate(text, 17, omission: "...", position: TruncatePosition.end);
  print("${truncated} : ${truncated.length} characters");
  // Output: This is a long... : 17 characters

  truncated =
      truncate(text, 15, omission: "...", position: TruncatePosition.start);
  print("${truncated} : ${truncated.length} characters");
  // Output: ... a long text : 15 characters

  truncated =
      truncate(text, 5, omission: "zzz", position: TruncatePosition.middle);
  print("${truncated} : ${truncated.length} characters");
  // Output: Tzzzt : 5 characters

  truncated = truncator(text, 9, CutStrategy());
  print("${truncated} : ${truncated.length} characters");
  // Output: This is a : 9 characters
}