GCTC-NTGC / TalentCloud

export const countNumberOfWords = (innerText: string): number => {

  if (innerText && innerText.trim()) {

    return innerText.replace(/\s+/g, " ").trim().split(" ").length;

  }

  return 0;

};

export const stringEndsInWhitespace = (value: string): boolean => {

  const pattern = /.*\s$/; // \s represents any whitespace characters, like tabs, spaces and newlines

  return pattern.test(value);

};

export const truncateWords = (value: string, wordLimit: number): string => {

  const wordCount = countNumberOfWords(value);

  if (wordCount === wordLimit && stringEndsInWhitespace(value)) {

    return `${value.trim()} `;

  }

  if (wordCount > wordLimit) {

    // This pattern finds the first n words, where words are characters divided by whitespace, and n=wordLimit

    const pattern = new RegExp(`([^\\s]+\\s+){${wordLimit}}`, "g");

    const matches = pattern.exec(value);

    if (matches) {

      return `${matches[0].trim()} `;

    }

  }

  return value;

};