Rails - truncate - is not behaving--- Using a var returned from the model

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Here is the truncate code I'm using:

    <%= truncate(teammember.user.full_name, :length => 8)%>

teammember.user.full_name returns names like: - Steve Jobs - Larry Oracle - James Bond - Dhandar Kentavolv

Butall the truncate is doing is returning: - Steve Jobs... - Larry Oracle... - James Bond... - Dhandar Kentavolv...

The user.full_name is not a field in the DB but a helper in the user model, which might be the issue.?

  def full_name     if !fname.nil? && !fname.empty?       [fname, lname].join(" ")     else       ['User', id].join(" ")     end   end

I then tried: <%= truncate("Once upon a time in a world far far away", :length => 1)%> And that returns: Once... and not O...

Any ideas? thanks!

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i am not sure but try this


truncate("Once upon a time in a world far far away", :length => 17, :separator => ' ') or

write the outputs examples which you want to come
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strange. that didn't work...Or have any effect on the output...

The output examples I want:

<%= truncate("#{teammember.user.full_name}", :length => 5) %>

When full_name return "John Legend"

Should return: John...

Example 2, full_name = Howard Smith

Should return: Howar...

Very strange bug this is.... Is the truncate method reliable? thanks

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strange. that didn't work...Or have any effect on the output...

Then maybe the code you're editing isn't actually the code that's being run. Stick a breakpoint in your code and follow the flow when truncate is called.

Fred

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Actually, the :separator parameter is only supported by the newer version of Rails. For instance, the :separator has no effect in Rails 2.3.4.