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<h1 id="top">Unicode.truncate</h1>
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<code class="sig">Unicode.truncate(s, n) -&gt; string</code>
<div class="desc"><p>Returns the first <code>n</code> code points as a new string, never splitting a multibyte character — the safe way to cap a display name or a chat line to a length. If the string has fewer than <code>n</code> code points it is returned whole; <code>n &lt;= 0</code> yields the empty string.</p></div>
<div class="params"><h2>Parameters</h2><div class="param" id="param-s"><code class="pname">s</code><span class="pdesc">the UTF-8 string</span></div><div class="param" id="param-n"><code class="pname">n</code><span class="pdesc">the maximum number of code points to keep</span></div></div>
<div class="examples"><h2>Example</h2><pre data-lang="ludic">program Truncate {
entry {
if Unicode.truncate("hello", 3) == "hel" { print(1) }
}
}</pre></div>
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