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lambda with re solution in Clear category for Cut Sentence by Max0526
cut_sentence = lambda string, length, s=__import__('re').search: s(r'.{,%s}\b' % length, string).group().rstrip()+'...'*(len(string) > length)
'''
A rewrite of the best creative solution by przemyslaw.daniel (below) as a lambda function one-liner.
def cut_sentence(string, length, s=__import__('re').search):
return s(r'.{,%s}\b' % length, string).group().rstrip()+'...'*(len(string) > length)
'''
print("Example:")
print(cut_sentence("Hi my name is Alex", 4))
# These "asserts" are used for self-checking
assert cut_sentence("Hi my name is Alex", 8) == "Hi my..."
assert cut_sentence("Hi my name is Alex", 4) == "Hi..."
assert cut_sentence("Hi my name is Alex", 20) == "Hi my name is Alex"
assert cut_sentence("Hi my name is Alex", 18) == "Hi my name is Alex"
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May 1, 2023
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