Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0305211115540.15864-100000@reclus.nhh.no>
Date: 2003-05-21T09:18:02Z
From: Roger Bivand
Subject: Truncation of text strings
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0305211102030.3768-100000@tal.stat.umu.se>
On Wed, 21 May 2003, G?ran Brostr?m wrote:
> How do I print text strings to a given length, ie, if they are too long
> I want them truncated (from the end)?
>
> > format.char("123", width = 1)
?substr
substr("123", 1, 1)
>
> does not do what I want, ie, "1".
>
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