R: Truncate a character string.

str_trunc {stringr} | R Documentation

## Truncate a character string.

### Description

Truncate a character string.

### Usage

    str_trunc(string, width, side = c("right", "left", "center"),
      ellipsis = "...")

### Arguments

`string` | A character vector.
`width` | Maximum width of string.
`side, ellipsis` | Location and content of ellipsis that indicates content has been removed.

### See Also

`str_pad()` to increase the minimum width of a string.

### Examples

    x <- "This string is moderately long"
    rbind(
      str_trunc(x, 20, "right"),
      str_trunc(x, 20, "left"),
      str_trunc(x, 20, "center")
    )

[Package stringr version 1.3.1 Index]