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[John Smith]

Hi,

I'm trying to nicely display the results of a search but some results are
longer than others in length. Is there a way of only displaying the first 30
characters of a search result (i.e. enough to make sure they know what it is
but not enough to mess up the formatting of the page) ?

Any online tutorials etc. much appreciated.

 

[Atrax]

Is there a way of only displaying the first 30

characters of a search result

Left()

see the VBScript docs at http://msdn.microsoft.com/scripting/



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[Evertjan.]

Atrax wrote on 04 jul 2003 in microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:

Left()

Using Left what is Left out is the stuff on the Right,
so that what is Left is the stuff on the Left ?

Right ?

;-)