$Name max length attribute?

Q & A - getting started with Tinderbox
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Is there an attribute to set the maximum string length in $Name?

For example
$Name == “1234 abcdef 9012345 ghijk”

setting the imaginary $NameMaxLength (if one exists?) attribute to 15 would yield
1234 abcdef 901

Thanks in advance
Tom

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There is no attribute as such, but you could use this action code (as stamp or edict) to trime $Name to the first 15 characters:

$Name = $Name.substr(0,15);
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In addition to the truncation action that @mwra described, which is permanent, if all you want to do is reduce the length of $Name in a view but not alter the contents of $Name, then use a $DisplayExpression (for info and tips see more here).

So, for example, if $DisplayExpression is set to the right side of the action @mwra posted above, then you’ll see the reduced-length Name but the actual content of the $Name attribute is untouched. I find this useful when watched files, or imports, or exploded notes sometimes makes Name too long.

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That worked. Thank you to you both. Thanks Paul for the additional comment regarding Display Expressions which is non permanent.

Tom