/**
 * I take a string and create an excerpt from it, returning an object
 * with the summary and body properties,
 * @param {Object} str - the string to shorten
 * @param {Object} limit - the limit of characters
 */
function jps_shortString( str, limit )
{
	var body = new String( str );
	var summary = new String(str);
		summary = summary.substr( 0, summary.lastIndexOf( ' ', limit ) ) + '...';
	
	var returnString = new Object({
		body: body,
		summary: summary
	});
	
	//window.console.log( 'Summary - ' + summary);
	//window.console.log( 'Body - ' + body);
	
	return returnString;
}

JavaScript - Create excerpt

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