Abbreviate a string

Abbreviates a string in the format of head[...]tail when it exceeds the length specified by width. Useful for shortening how filepaths are displayed.

Usage

str_abbreviate(string, width = 60L, head = 15L, tail = 35L)

Arguments

string

character. Input string

width

numeric. Strings longer than this many characters will be abbreviated

head

numeric. Number of characters to include before abbreviated section

tail

numeric. Number of characters to include after abbreviated section

Value

character

Examples

a <- "/short/file/path/"
b <- "/much/longer/foooooooooooooooooooo/baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar/file/path/"
str_abbreviate(c(a,b))
#> [1] "/short/file/path/"                                       
#> [2] "/much/longer/fo[...]oo/baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar/file/path/"
str_abbreviate(c(a,b), width = 10, head = 3, tail = 3)
#> [1] "/sh[...]ath/" "/mu[...]ath/"