[thelist] finding the period after X chars

[MATTHEW BERNHARDT]

Hey all,

In ASP/VBscript, you could use the InStr() function[1].

intCutoffPosition = InStr(200,yourTextVariable,".")
newText = left(yourTextVariable,intCutoffPosition) & " More..."

[1]http://www.w3schools.com/vbscript/func_instr.asp

Hope this helps,
Matt

----- Original Message -----
> Hi guys, I'm working on a "more..." style text cut off to use as a 
> short description.
> 
> I'm looking to take the first say, 200 characters or so, but I 
> want it to run out until the next instance of a "." (period) is found, so 
> as to make a complete sentence.
> 
> anyone have a function handy?  php, asp, whatever... i can convert 
> it. just not sure of the technique.