StringUtils class

Methods

Hasan Otuome [hasan.otuome.com]

0.1

import org.thesourcecode.utils.StringUtils;
var shortText:StringUtils = new StringUtils(string);

Just a sub-class of the String class for storing some useful methods. This version only has (1) method: reduce().

myTextField.text = shortText(100,"...");

Trims the string based on the limit that you pass in and attaches the "there's more" indicator of your choosing

stringLength: (Number) indicates how many characters of the given string to display

trimIndicator: (String) indicates what you want to use to let a user know there's more text

String