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Last updated March 22, 2026

Text Truncator Examples

The Text Truncator shortens text to a specified length while preserving readability and adding appropriate truncation indicators. Below are practical examples for meta descriptions, card titles, notifications, and database fields.

Character Limit Truncation

// Input (200 characters):
"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. This sentence is used to demonstrate text truncation at a specific character limit while preserving word boundaries."

// Truncate at 60 characters (word boundary):
"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. This..."

// Truncate at 100 characters:
"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. This sentence is used to demonstrate text truncation..."

// Truncate at 155 characters (meta description):
"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. This sentence is used to demonstrate text truncation at a specific character limit..."

Word Limit Truncation

// Input:
"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog near the river bank on a sunny afternoon."

// Truncate at 5 words:
"The quick brown fox jumps..."

// Truncate at 10 words:
"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog near..."

// Truncate at 15 words:
"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog near the river bank on a..."

Sentence Limit Truncation

// Input (4 sentences):
"This is the first sentence. Here comes the second one. The third sentence adds more detail. Finally, the fourth sentence concludes the paragraph."

// Truncate at 1 sentence:
"This is the first sentence."

// Truncate at 2 sentences:
"This is the first sentence. Here comes the second one."

// Truncate at 3 sentences:
"This is the first sentence. Here comes the second one. The third sentence adds more detail."

Custom Truncation Indicators

// Standard ellipsis character (…)
"The quick brown fox jumps over…"

// Three periods (...)
"The quick brown fox jumps over..."

// [read more] indicator
"The quick brown fox jumps over [read more]"

// [continued] indicator
"The quick brown fox jumps over [continued]"

// No indicator (hard cut at word boundary)
"The quick brown fox jumps over"

SEO Meta Description Truncation

// Google displays ~155-160 characters in search results
// Input (too long):
"Learn how to build scalable REST APIs with Node.js and Express. This comprehensive guide covers authentication, rate limiting, error handling, database integration, and deployment best practices for production-ready APIs."

// Truncated to 155 characters:
"Learn how to build scalable REST APIs with Node.js and Express. This comprehensive guide covers authentication, rate limiting, error handling..."

// Character count: 155 ✓
// Ends at word boundary ✓
// Includes primary keywords ✓

Page Title Truncation

// Google displays ~50-60 characters in search results
// Input:
"The Complete Beginner's Guide to Machine Learning with Python and TensorFlow"

// Truncated to 60 characters:
"The Complete Beginner's Guide to Machine Learning with..."

// Better approach — rewrite to fit naturally:
"Beginner's Guide to Machine Learning with Python"
// Length: 48 characters ✓

Card Title Truncation (UI Components)

// Product card title (max 50 chars)
"Sony WH-1000XM5 Wireless Noise Canceling Headphones"
→ "Sony WH-1000XM5 Wireless Noise Canceling..."

// Blog post card (max 80 chars)
"10 Essential JavaScript Tips Every Developer Should Know in 2024"
→ "10 Essential JavaScript Tips Every Developer Should Know in 2024"  (fits)

"The Ultimate Guide to Building Production-Ready Microservices with Docker and Kubernetes"
→ "The Ultimate Guide to Building Production-Ready Microservices with Docker..."

Notification Message Truncation

// Push notification (max 100 chars)
"You have a new message from Alice: Hey, are you free for a call this afternoon? I wanted to discuss the project timeline."
→ "You have a new message from Alice: Hey, are you free for a call this afternoon? I..."

// Toast notification (max 60 chars)
"Your file has been successfully uploaded to the server."
→ "Your file has been successfully uploaded to the server."  (fits at 55 chars)

"Your file 'project-documentation-final-v3.pdf' has been successfully uploaded."
→ "Your file 'project-documentation-final-v3.pdf' has been..."

Database Field Truncation

// VARCHAR(255) field
"This is a very long description that exceeds the database field limit of 255 characters. It needs to be truncated before insertion to avoid a database error or data truncation warning from the database engine."
→ Truncated to 255 chars at word boundary

// VARCHAR(100) field
"Product description text that is longer than the allowed field width"
→ Truncated to 100 chars

// CHAR(10) fixed-width field (pad if shorter)
"Hello"     → "Hello     " (padded to 10)
"Hello World" → "Hello Worl" (truncated to 10)

HTML-Aware Truncation

// Input HTML:
"<p>This is <strong>important</strong> content with <a href='#'>a link</a> inside.</p>"

// Naive truncation (WRONG — breaks HTML):
"<p>This is <strong>important</strong> content with <a href='#'>a li..."
// Unclosed <a> tag!

// HTML-aware truncation (CORRECT):
"<p>This is <strong>important</strong> content with...</p>"
// All tags properly closed ✓

JavaScript Truncation Functions

// Character truncation (word boundary)
function truncateChars(text, limit, suffix = '...') {
  if (text.length <= limit) return text;
  const truncated = text.slice(0, limit - suffix.length);
  return truncated.slice(0, truncated.lastIndexOf(' ')) + suffix;
}

// Word truncation
function truncateWords(text, wordLimit, suffix = '...') {
  const words = text.split(/\s+/);
  if (words.length <= wordLimit) return text;
  return words.slice(0, wordLimit).join(' ') + suffix;
}

truncateChars("The quick brown fox", 15)  // "The quick..."
truncateWords("The quick brown fox", 3)   // "The quick brown..."

Platform Character Limits Reference

Google meta description: 155–160 characters
Google page title: 50–60 characters
Twitter/X post: 280 characters
LinkedIn post: 3,000 characters (preview: 210)
Instagram caption: 2,200 characters (preview: 125)
Push notification title: 50 characters
Push notification body: 100 characters
SMS: 160 characters (1 segment)
Email subject line: 40–60 characters (preview)

Enter your text and target length in the Text Truncator to get intelligently truncated output that respects word boundaries and preserves readability.

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