Since nobody seems to have answered :):

(?s) - see [Ovid]'s answer
^ - beginning of string
.{0,1100} - between 0 and 1100 characters
$ end of string
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And other points below:

• yes you can use javascript, but cannot *rely* on it, so always add server side check
• $string = substr($string,0, 1100) is quick solution
• or trim and add ... if you want to show it was longer, using something like <CODE>$string =~ s/^(.{0,1096}) .*$/$1.../ if length($string)>=1100);

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