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Re: PHP Help [message #169894 is a reply to message #169892]

Wed, 29 September 2010 14:02

The Natural Philosoph
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rf wrote:
> "The Natural Philosopher" <tnp(at)invalid(dot)invalid> wrote in message
> news:i7vcki$cqf$3(at)news(dot)albasani(dot)net...
>> The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>> Captain Paralytic wrote:
>>>> On 29 Sep, 03:39, John <ste...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>> > I have a script that pulls a .txt file and displays the results for
>>>> > me.
>>>> What is the input? What are these "results"?
>>>>
>>>> > I need the scipt to limit the number of letters to not more than 15
>>>> > letters, but not 15 letters exactly.
>>>> This makes no sense at all. Please think about what it is you actually
>>>> want and supply an example!
>>> sounds like a calassic truncation exercise.
>>>
>>> If lenth>15
>>> then truncate to 15..
>>>
>> $trimmed=sprintf("%15s",$original);
>>
>> should do it, but I am rusty on printf..
>
> Overkill.
>
> $trimmed = substr($original,0,15);
>
>
even better.

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		PHP Help By: John on Wed, 29 September 2010 02:39
		Re: PHP Help By: Jerry Stuckle on Wed, 29 September 2010 03:10
		Re: PHP Help By: Geoff Berrow on Wed, 29 September 2010 10:26
		Re: PHP Help By: Captain Paralytic on Wed, 29 September 2010 12:10
		Re: PHP Help By: The Natural Philosoph on Wed, 29 September 2010 12:36
		Re: PHP Help By: The Natural Philosoph on Wed, 29 September 2010 12:49
		Re: PHP Help By: rf on Wed, 29 September 2010 13:20
		Re: PHP Help By: The Natural Philosoph on Wed, 29 September 2010 14:02
		Re: PHP Help By: Jerry Stuckle on Wed, 29 September 2010 16:26
		Re: PHP Help By: Marious Barrier on Fri, 08 October 2010 15:39
		Re: PHP Help By: Jerry Stuckle on Fri, 08 October 2010 15:53
		Re: PHP Help By: The Natural Philosoph on Fri, 08 October 2010 17:17
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		Re: PHP Help By: Denis McMahon on Thu, 30 September 2010 01:17
		Re: PHP Help By: Beauregard T. Shagnas on Thu, 30 September 2010 02:20
		Re: PHP Help By: Geoff Berrow on Thu, 30 September 2010 10:49
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