R: Shortens strings to a given length.

clipString {BBmisc}

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Shortens strings to a given length.

Shortens strings to a given length.

clipString(x, len, tail = "...")

`x`	[`character`] Vector of strings.
`len`	[`integer(1)`] Absolute length the string should be clipped to, including `tail`. Note that you cannot clip to a shorter length than `tail`.
`tail`	[`character(1)`] If the string has to be shortened at least 1 character, the final characters will be `tail`. Default is “...”.

[character(1)].

print(clipString("abcdef", 10))

## [1] "abcdef"

print(clipString("abcdef", 5))

## [1] "ab..."

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