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  1. def truncate_string(str, N):
  2.     substr = str[0: N]
  3.     last_alpha = 0
  4.     for i in range(0, N - 1):
  5.         if str[i].isalpha() and not str[i+1].isalpha():
  6.             last_alpha = i
  7.     return substr[0: last_alpha + 1] + "…"
  8.  
  9. print(truncate_string("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet!! Consectetur?! Adipiscing elit... Nam tincidunt ultricies congue (turpis duis).", 40))
Success #stdin #stdout 0.01s 27720KB
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Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet…
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Python 3 (python  3.12)
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8 years ago
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