From: Lars Haugseth <ruby-talk@...>
Date: 2012-08-30T15:15:39+09:00
Subject: Re: String in rails and ruby show first n character

On 08/29/2012 08:34 PM, Bartosz Dziewo��ski wrote:
> Use String#[]: http://www.ruby-doc.org/core-1.9.3/String.html#method-i-5B-5D
>
> <%= f.description[0, 200] %>

In Rails, you can also utilize the truncate helper method:

<%= truncate(f.description, :length => 200, :separator => ' ') %>

This will ensure the string is not chopped off in the middle of a word.

http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/TextHelper.html#method-i-truncate

-- 
Lars Haugseth