2 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools.cpp b/tools.cpp
index de0b43c..beded35 100644
--- a/tools.cpp
+++ b/tools.cpp
@@ -71,4 +71,16 @@ string StringRepeat(int times, const string& input)
 	return result;
 }
 
+string StringWordTruncated(const string& input, size_t maxLen, bool& truncated)
+{
+	if (input.length() <= maxLen)
+	{
+		return input;
+	}
+	truncated = true;
+	string result = input.substr(0, maxLen);
+	size_t pos = result.find_last_of(" \t,;:.\n?!'\"/\\()[]{}*+-");
+	return result.substr(0, pos);
+}
+
 } // namespace vdrlive
diff --git a/tools.h b/tools.h
index d830d47..a196dc2 100644
--- a/tools.h
+++ b/tools.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ std::string StringReplace( std::string const& text, std::string const& substring
 std::vector< std::string > StringSplit( std::string const& text, char delimiter );
 int StringToInt( std::string const& string, int base = 10 );
 std::string StringRepeat(int times, const std::string& input);
+std::string StringWordTruncated(const std::string& input, size_t maxLen, bool& truncated);
 
 struct bad_lexical_cast: std::runtime_error 
 {