This code is inspired from <a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/yowainwright/shave">ShaveJS</a> and uses that approach in one line.
First of all, here's the code in one line.
<pre><code>const shave=(s, n)=&gt;(s.length&gt;n) ? s.substr(0, n-2)+'..' : s;
</code></pre>This function takes two parameters, string and length. Then truncates (or shaves) the string to that length with ellipsis at end.
Now for readability, more elaborated version.
<pre><code>function shave(string, length){
 return (string.length&gt;length) ? string.substr(0, n-2)+'..' : string;
}
</code></pre>Psst. this is also used in this blog and length of text is 100 characters (yep, I counted).
See you later or maybe on <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/RexWebMedia">Twitter</a>


This code is inspired from [ShaveJS](https://github.com/yowainwright/shave) and uses that approach in one line.

First of all, here's the code in one line.
```
const shave=(s, n)=>(s.length>n) ? s.substr(0, n-2)+'..' : s;
```

This function takes two parameters, string and length. Then truncates (or shaves) the string to that length with ellipsis at end.

Now for readability, more elaborated version.
```
function shave(string, length){
    return (string.length>length) ? string.substr(0, n-2)+'..' : string;
}
```

Psst. this is also used in this blog and length of text is 100 characters (yep, I counted).

See you later or maybe on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/RexWebMedia)

Shave extra characters from text with one line of code

Truncate text to give symmetric ui design layout. Mostly seen with blog articles description.