How to limit inner text of div to 175 characters?

Question

I have a div area that has an arbitrary number of characters. I want to limit the amount of characters that show up in there to 175 characters. I mostly found exaple on how

Answer 1

Instead of just cutting it off at 175 characters, add an ellipsis to the div if the text runs over the maximum width: https://web.archive.org/web/20110828173959/http://plugins.jquery.com/plugin-tags/ellipsis