From: Boris Blaadh <nejnejnej@...>
Date: 2008-11-11T23:29:45+09:00
Subject: Re: What is that method called?

perhaps this works?




string = <<END
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Pellentesque
pulvinar turpis a nisi. Cras id elit. Aliquam vitae pede nec lacus
elementum lacinia. Ut aliquam vehicula sem.
END

lead = 90

wordlist = string.split(' ')

shorttext = ''

for word in wordlist

  break if(shorttext.length + word.length > lead)
  shorttext = shorttext + word + " "

end

# get rid of the last space
shorttext.chop!

puts "#{shorttext}..."
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