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.

Syntax 

TRUNCATE(text, length, [ellipsis])

Usage 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"

Sample Actions 

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