# Text string, width or number of characters

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-string-width-or-number-of-characters/38621>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 27, 2003, 12:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-string-width-or-number-of-characters/38621 "2003-12-27T00:16:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ratbaggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@ratbaggy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ratbaggy)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 12:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-string-width-or-number-of-characters/38621/1 "2003-12-27T00:16:25Z")

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Any ideas how to get a text string to fill a particular width i.e. with a specific character until it reaches the specified width or number of characters?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 12:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-string-width-or-number-of-characters/38621/2 "2003-12-27T00:55:24Z")

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here’s a function i used for my guestbook.

```auto

limitString = function (bString) {
	if (bString.length > 50) {
		bString = bString.slice(0, 50);
		bString += "<font color='#000000'>...more</font>";
		return bString;
	} else {
		return bString;
	}
};

```