Update and rename truncateAtSpace.md to truncateStringAtWhitespace.md

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title: truncateAtSpace
tags: string,beginner
---
Truncates a string up to the nearest space before a specified length.
- Checks if there string can be truncated
- Calculates the nearest space before or at the strings set limit.
- Appends a configurable ending (defaulting to `'...'`) to the truncated string.
```js
const truncateAtSpace = (string, characterLimit, ending = '...') => {
const lastSpace = string.slice(0, characterLimit + 1).lastIndexOf(' ');
return (string.length <= characterLimit) ? string : (lastSpace > 0) ? string.slice(0, lastSpace) + ending : ending;
}
```
```js
truncateAtSpace('This is a long excerpt that is far too long.', 25, '...'); // This is a long excerpt...
```

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title: truncateStringAtWhitespace
tags: string,intermediate
---
Truncates a string up to specified length, respecting whitespace when possible.
- Determine if the string's `length` is greater or equal to `lim`. If not, return it as-is.
- Use `String.prototype.slice()` and `String.prototype.lastIndexOf()` to find the index of the last space below the desired `lim`.
- Use `String.prototype.slice()` to appropriately truncate `str` based on `lastSpace`, respecting whitespace if possible and appending `ending` at the end.
- Omit the third argument, `ending`, to use the default ending of `'...'`.
```js
const truncateStringAtWhitespace = (str, lim, ending = '...') => {
if (str.length <= lim) return str;
const lastSpace = str.slice(0, lim - ending.length + 1).lastIndexOf(' ');
return str.slice(0, lastSpace > 0 ? lastSpace : lim - ending.length) + ending;
};
```
```js
truncateStringAtWhitespace('short', 10); // 'short'
truncateStringAtWhitespace('not so short', 10); // 'not so...'
truncateStringAtWhitespace('trying a thing', 10); // 'trying...'
truncateStringAtWhitespace('javascripting', 10); // 'javascr...'
```