# .trimText(characters)

## Description

Trimtext takes a string in real time and trims it to a set number of characters

## Parameters

Trimtext needs the number of characters to limit the string to

## Usage On Strings

{% code overflow="wrap" %}

```javascript
num = "hello world, im doing pretty well"

log num.trimText(15)
// "hello world, im..."
// trimming just cuts the text off when it gets too long and replaces it with a ...
```

{% endcode %}


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