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STRING: Truncate a String/Product Description at a Space

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STRING: Truncate a String/Product Description at a Space

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STRING: Truncate a String/Product Description at a Space

Scot Ranney • September 10, 2026

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MivaScript INDEXOF(...) function is better than substring for truncating a product description than SUBSTRING(...)

<mvt:if expr="len(l.settings:product:descrip) GT 256">
<mvt:assign name="l._pos" value="indexof( ' ', l.settings:product:descrip, 254)" />
<mvt:assign name="l.settings:_descrip" value="substring(l.settings:product:descrip,1,l._pos)" />
<mvt:if expr="len(l.settings:_descrip) LE 0">
&mvt:product:descrip;
<mvt:else>
&mvt:_descrip;...
</mvt:if>
<a class="more-link" title="&mvte:product:name;" href="&mvte:product:link;"> (more)</a>
<mvt:else>
&mvt:product:descrip; <a class="more-link" title="&mvte:product:name;" href="&mvte:product:link;">(details...)</a>
</mvt:if>
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mvkb_string mvkb_mivascript