Passing Basic Algorithm Scripting: Truncate a String

JavaScript
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I passed the test with this code except for when it ran:

1). truncateString("A-tisket a-tasket A green and yellow basket", "A-tisket a-tasket A green and yellow basket".length) should return “A-tisket a-tasket A green and yellow basket”.

2). truncateString("A-tisket a-tasket A green and yellow basket", "A-tisket a-tasket A green and yellow basket".length + 2) should return “A-tisket a-tasket A green and yellow basket”.

Any advice for alterations that need to be done to fully complete the challenge?

Your code so far


function truncateString(str, num) {
if (num >= str.lenght) {
  return str ;
} else {
  str = str.substring(0,num);
  return str+ "...";
}
}

truncateString("A-tisket a-tasket A green and yellow basket", 8);

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Challenge: Truncate a String

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Just a quick look, I can see that you misspelled “length”.

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That was my issue, English is not my native language. So, silly spelling errors go over my head!
thnks

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That’s cool. Unfortunately, English spelling makes little sense. When you get to working locally on projects, I’ve found that packages like Code Spell Checker in VSC are very helpful - even as a native English speaker it sometimes catches little things for me.

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