Implement the Truncate String Algorithm - Implement the Truncate a String Algorithm

JavaScript
1

Tell us what’s happening:

please somebody help me out have i written something wrong

Your code so far

function truncateString(str, num) {
  if (str.length <= num) {
    return str;
  } else if (num > 3) {
    return str.slice(0, num - 3) + "...";
  } else {
    return str.slice(0, num) + "...";
  }
}
console.log(truncateString("A-tisket a-tasket A green and yellow basket", 8));
console.log(truncateString("Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers", 11));

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Challenge Information:

Implement the Truncate String Algorithm - Implement the Truncate a String Algorithm

2

Please explain why you wrote this code. Where did the magic number 3 come from?

3

ohhhh gotcha sorry my bad BTW thank you so much…!!!