/**
* Author: Andrew Hedges, andrew@hedges.name
* License: free to use, alter, and redistribute without attribution
*/
/**
* Truncate a string to the given length, breaking at word boundaries and adding an elipsis
* @param string str String to be truncated
* @param integer limit Max length of the string
* @return string
*/
var truncate = function (str, limit) {
var bits, i;
if (STR !== typeof str) {
return '';
}
bits = str.split('');
if (bits.length > limit) {
for (i = bits.length - 1; i > -1; --i) {
if (i > limit) {
bits.length = i;
}
else if (' ' === bits[i]) {
bits.length = i;
break;
}
}
bits.push('...');
}
return bits.join('');
};
// END: truncate