Was it tested? It haven't worked for me.. But that another one worked: var yourString = 'My Mail Box'; var yourStringTruncated = something.substr(3, 4); If you want to search something inside the variable you must use "stringObject.indexOf(searchString)" it returns the index of the first searchString found (or lastIndexOf to get the last one) it returns -1 when not found. Hope to help, -- Flavio Gomes flavio at economisa.com.br Citando "Roberts, Mark (Tulsa)" <Mark.Roberts at Williams.com>: > One way would be to use > > Variable = substr(variable,1,6); > > > Mark Roberts > Sr. Systems Analyst > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Innerlab [mailto:innerlab at hotmail.com] > Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 2:08 PM > To: [JavaScript List] > Subject: [Javascript] Truncate strings > > How do you truncate a string to a certain number of characters? > > Thanks > > Ed. > _______________________________________________ > Javascript mailing list > Javascript at LaTech.edu > https://lists.LaTech.edu/mailman/listinfo/javascript > _______________________________________________ > Javascript mailing list > Javascript at LaTech.edu > https://lists.LaTech.edu/mailman/listinfo/javascript > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mensagem enviada através do WebMail NetSol (http://www.netsol.psi.br)