Question

Im using soundclouds api to echo out track information but I’d like to limit the amount of characters shown for each track title result to just 24 chars? I’d also like to be able to set both the track title and artist title to be displayed as capitalised text (first letter capital rest lowercase)

Thanks

 <li><a href="' + track.permalink_url +'">Track: ' + track.title + '<BR>Artist: '+ track.user.username + '</a></li>'

Answer 1

Try this:

function formatter(str) {
    if(str.length < 24) {
      return str;
    } else {
      return str.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + str.substr(1,23) + '..';
    }   
}

<li><a href="' + track.permalink_url +'">Track: ' + formatter(track.title) + '<BR>Artist: '+ formatter(track.user.username) + '</a></li>'

DEMO