Way to check amount of space/characters?

[Melkoshi]

So i'm making my battle ui

I have name plates with only a set amount of Text room. What I am looking for is a character count type function. so that instead of the letters going off the space. it'll go "..." at the end of the character limit i set.

[Aleema]

So easy you'll kick yourself:

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        if len(name) > 25:
            name = name[:20] + "..."

Checks for the length of the string Name, if greater than 25 chars, reduce it to 20 chars and add an ellipsis. W's and other characters are pretty wide, so account for three of the widest characters when choosing your short length.

This is pure Python, so you should familiarize yourself with string operations.

[Melkoshi]

knew I should of looked on the python bit. XD

thanks <3 that was too easy.