[R] Truncation of text strings

[Uwe Ligges]

Göran Broström wrote:
> How do I print text strings to a given length, ie, if they are too long
> I want them truncated (from the end)?
> 
> 
>>format.char("123", width = 1)
> 
> 
> does not do what I want, ie, "1".
> 
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Uwe Ligges