WraptIt

Description

This is a function to provide word wrap capability in your ASP pages.

More Info

Function takes a string, a column number, and a forced break boolean. If the forced break boolean is FALSE (default) then the string will wrap at the nearest end-of-word to the column number. If TRUE then the string will wrap at the column number regardless of end-of-word

A string with embedded
tags to provide word wraps.

Submitted On
By	Chip Taylor
Level	Intermediate
User Rating	4.7 (14 globes from 3 users)
Compatibility	ASP (Active Server Pages), VbScript (browser/client side)

Category |Strings World |ASP / VbScript Archive File |

Source Code

Function WrapIt(varString,varNumChar,boolBreak)
' Word Wraps a string varString at end of word nearest column position varNumChar
' If boolBreak is true then the wrap will take place at position varNumChar regardless
    varString=Trim(varString)
     varSetBR = "<br>"
    result=""
    varString=Replace(varString,chr(13)+chr(10),chr(10))
    while varString<>""
        if len(varString)<=varNumChar then
            line=varString
            varString=""
        else
            varTemp1=left(varString,varNumChar)
            iCount=InStrRev(varTemp1," ")
            varInPlace=InStr(varTemp1,"chr(10)")
            if (iCount=0) and not boolBreak then iCount=InStr(varString," ")
            if (varInPlace=0) and not boolBreak then varInPlace=InStr(varString,chr(10))
            if (varInPlace<iCount) and (varInPlace>0) then
                finish=j-1
                start=varInPlace+1
            elseif iCount=0 then
                finish=varNumChar
                start=varNumChar+1
            else
                finish=iCount
                start=iCount+1
            end if
            line=left(varString,finish)
            varString=ltrim(mid(varString,start))
        end if
        'if result="" then result=line else
result=result&chr(10)&line
    wend
	   if left(result,1) = chr(10) then
		  result = right(result,(len(result)-1))
		 end if
    WrapIt=Replace(result,chr(10),varSetBR)
end function