utils.shorten_string()

Shorten a string to length n with an ellipsis in the middle if needed.

Usage

Source

utils.shorten_string(
    string,
    n,
)

Parameters

string: str

The string to shorten.

n: int

Maximum length of the returned string, including the ellipsis. Values below zero are treated as zero.

Returns

str

The original string if its length is <= n, otherwise a shortened version with ... inserted in the middle. The result never exceeds n characters. When n is too small to hold the ... marker, the string is hard-truncated to n characters without a marker.