Https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/freecodecamp-challenge-guide-profile-lookup/18259

Solution using string indexing.

Solution
function truncateString(str, num) {
    let newStr = "";
    if(str.length > num){
      for(let i = 0; i < num; i++){
        newStr += str[i];
      }
      return newStr += "...";
    } else {
      return str;
      }
}

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