Truncate a string to maximum width — str_trunc • stringr

Truncate a string to a fixed of characters, so that str_length(str_trunc(x, n)) is always less than or equal to n.

Usage

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

Arguments

string: Input vector. Either a character vector, or something coercible to one.
width: Maximum width of string.
side, ellipsis: Location and content of ellipsis that indicates content has been removed.

Value

A character vector the same length as string.

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")
)
#>      [,1]                  
#> [1,] "This string is mo..."
#> [2,] "...s moderately long"
#> [3,] "This stri...ely long"