Truncate Bug?

rubyonrails-talk
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Any idea why the truncate() function returns the wrong number of characters when using HTML as the 3rd (truncate_string) parameter?...

<%= truncate(body, 100) %> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec risus ipsum, accumsan ut, consecte...

<%= truncate(body, 100, ' +') %> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec risus ipsum, accumsan ut, consecte +

<%= truncate(body, 100, ' <a href="#" class="more">more...</a>') %> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit more...

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The truncate method includes the length of that parameter as part of the maximum length. Here's the documentation and source: http://github.com/rails/rails/tree/master/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb#L71

-Dan Manges http://www.dcmanges.com/blog