# File lib/loquacious/core_ext/string.rb, line 13 def reduce( width, ellipses = '...') raise ArgumentError, "width cannot be negative: #{width}" if width < 0 return self if length <= width remove = length - width + ellipses.length return ellipses.dup if remove >= length left_end = (length + 1 - remove) / 2 right_start = left_end + remove left = self[0,left_end] right = self[right_start,length-right_start] left << ellipses << right end