From: "Bartosz DziewoƄski" Date: 2012-08-30T03:34:51+09:00 Subject: Re: String in rails and ruby show first n character Use String#[]: http://www.ruby-doc.org/core-1.9.3/String.html#method-i-5B-5D <%= f.description[0, 200] %> -- Matma Rex