Or there's also . . .

substr( $string, 20 ) = '..' if length($string) > 22;
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or even

$string = sprintf( "%20s..", $string ) if length($string) > 22;
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Re: Or there's also . . . by jmcnamara (Monsignor) on Nov 10, 2001 at 20:10 UTC
Nice, but not quite right: `$string = sprintf( "%.20s..", $string ) if length($string) > 22;` [download] -- John.	[reply] [d/l]