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JS vanilla trim text with iteration loop
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// Trim to 15 words | |
document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function() { | |
var myElements = document.getElementsByClassName('elemsToTrim'); | |
// Real improved for loop: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31352367/how-can-i-make-sublime-texts-improved-native-for-loop-increment-like-a-normal#answer-31352368 | |
for (var i = 0, l = myElements.length; i < l; ++i) { | |
delay(i); | |
} | |
function delay(i) { | |
// Sometimes could be useful to make it async in order to avoid blocking the JS event loop | |
setTimeout(function() { | |
var myEl = myElements[i].innerText.split(" ").splice(0, 15).join(" "); | |
myElements[i].innerText = myEl.slice(-1) == '.' ? myEl : myEl + ' ...'; | |
}, 0); | |
} | |
}); |
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