Ellipsis in the middle of a text (Mac style)

Question

I need to implement ellipsis (\"...\") in the middle of a text within a resizable element. Here is what it might look like. So,

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Answer 1

This will give you a little more control over the position of the ellipsis and the placeholder text:

function ellipsis(str, maxLength, ellipsisLocationPercentage,placeholder) {
    /*
    ARGUMENTS:
    str - the string you want to maninpulate
    maxLength -  max number of characters allowed in return string
    ellipsisLocationPercentage (optional) - How far (percentage wise) into the return string you want the ellipses to be placed
        Examples:
        .85 : This is a very long string. This is a very long string. This is a very long string. This is a ver[...]very long string.
        .25 : This is a very long string. [...]g. This is a very long string. This is a very long string. This is a very long string.
    placeholder (optional) - this will be used to replace the removed substring. Suggestions : '...', '[..]', '[ ... ]', etc....
    */
    if(ellipsisLocationPercentage == null || isNaN(ellipsisLocationPercentage) || ellipsisLocationPercentage >= 1 || ellipsisLocationPercentage <= 0){
        //we've got null or bad data.. default to something fun, like 85% (that's fun, right??)
        ellipsisLocationPercentage = .85;
    }
    if(placeholder == null || placeholder ==""){
        placeholder = "[...]";
    }

    if (str.length > (maxLength-placeholder.length)) {
        //get the end of the string
        var beginning = str.substr(0, (maxLength - placeholder.length)*ellipsisLocationPercentage );
        var end = str.substr(str.length-(maxLength - placeholder.length) * (1-ellipsisLocationPercentage));
        return beginning + placeholder + end;
    }
    return str;
}

You can call this function by calling:

ellipsis("This is a very long string. Be Scared!!!!", 8);//uses default values
ellipsis("This is a very long string. Be Scared!!!!", 8,.5);//puts ellipsis at half way point
ellipsis("This is a very long string. Be Scared!!!!", 8,.75,'<..>');//puts ellipsis at 75% of the way into the string and uses '<..>' as the placeholder