TRUNCATE
Shorten text down to the number of characters passed as a parameter.
If the number of characters specified is less than the length of the text, ... is appended to the text and is included in the character count.
Categories: Text
Syntax
TRUNCATE(text, length, [ellipsis])
Examples
Example 1
Input
1
{
2
"my_action": {
3
"message": "Hello World!"
4
}
5
}
Formula
TRUNCATE(my_action.message, 8)
Output
"Hello..."
Example 2: An optional third argument controls the characters inserted if the text is truncated (instead of `...`):
Input
1
{
2
"my_action": {
3
"message": "Hello World!"
4
}
5
}
Formula
TRUNCATE(my_action.message, 9, " etc")
Output
"Hello etc"
Example 3: Setting the third argument to `""` prevents any text being inserted if the text is truncated:
Input
1
{
2
"my_action": {
3
"message": "Hello World!"
4
}
5
}
Formula
TRUNCATE(my_action.message, 5, "")
Output
"Hello"
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