SYNOPSIS

     use String::Elide qw(elide);
    
     # single string with no parts
    
     my $text = "this is your brain";
     elide($text, 16);                       # -> "this is your ..."
     elide($text, 16, {truncate=>"left"});   # -> "...is your brain"
     elide($text, 16, {truncate=>"middle"}); # -> "this is... brain"
     elide($text, 16, {truncate=>"ends"});   # -> "... is your b..."
    
     elide($text, 16, {marker=>"--"});       # -> "this is your b--"
     elide($text, 16, {marker=>"--"});       # -> "this is your b--"
    
     # multipart strings: we want to elide URL first, then the Downloading text,
     # then the speed
    
     $text = "<elspan prio=2>Downloading</elspan> <elspan prio=3 truncate=middle>http://www.example.com/somefile</elspan> 320.0k/5.5M";
     elide($text, 56); # -> "Downloading http://www.example.com/somefile 320.0k/5.5M"
     elide($text, 55); # -> "Downloading http://www.example.com/somefile 320.0k/5.5M"
     elide($text, 50); # -> "Downloading http://www.e..com/somefile 320.0k/5.5M"
     elide($text, 45); # -> "Downloading http://ww..m/somefile 320.0k/5.5M"
     elide($text, 40); # -> "Downloading http://..omefile 320.0k/5.5M"
     elide($text, 35); # -> "Downloading http..efile 320.0k/5.5M"
     elide($text, 30); # -> "Downloading ht..le 320.0k/5.5M"
     elide($text, 25); # -> "Downloading . 320.0k/5.5M"
     elide($text, 24); # -> "Downloading  320.0k/5.5M"
     elide($text, 23); # -> "Download..  320.0k/5.5M"
     elide($text, 20); # -> "Downl..  320.0k/5.5M"
     elide($text, 15); # -> "..  320.0k/5.5M"
     elide($text, 13); # -> "  320.0k/5.5M"
     elide($text, 12); # -> "  320.0k/5.."

DESCRIPTION

    String::Elide is similar to other string eliding modules, with one main
    difference: it accepts string marked with parts of different
    priorities. The goal is to retain more important information as much as
    possible when length is reduced.

FUNCTIONS

 elide($str, $len[, \%opts]) => str

    Elide a string if length exceeds $len.

    String can be marked with <elspan prio=N truncate=T>...</elspan> so
    there can be multiple parts with different priorities and truncate
    direction. The default priority is 1. You can mark less important
    strings with higher priority to let it be elided first.

    Known options:

      * marker => str (default: '..')

      * truncate => 'left'|'middle'|'middle'|'ends' (default: 'right')

SEE ALSO

 Similar elide modules

    Text::Elide is simple, does not have many options, and elides at word
    boundaries.

    String::Truncate has similar interface like String::Elide and has some
    options.