truncating lua Name(unit) in pitbull4

[linguini]

basically, i want to shorten people's names to only under 10 characters. For example, if the name(unit) is "grandmaster's training dummy," i want it to only show "grandmaste."

im just using a simple script of return '%s',Name(unit)

im sure this is super easy to solve, so thanks in advance!

[mankeluvsit]

if you're using pitbull4, it uses dog tags, so.... [Name:Truncate(num)] num is your number, so 10.

[linguini]

my pitbull 4 isnt using dogtags

[Starinnia]

return string.sub(Name(unit), 1, 10)

[linguini]

Originally Posted by Starinnia return string.sub(Name(unit), 1, 10)

thanks so much

[Ferous]

How do you write that in Stuf? I don't get Stuf's syntax >.>

[blkdrgn]

Originally Posted by Ferous How do you write that in Stuf? I don't get Stuf's syntax >.>

For stuf its very simple..All you have to do is shorten the width of "text1" or whatever text option your name you wish to shorten is.
just set it to very short, and drag the slider up, I use about 25% of the width of the health bar, that shows most player names, and longer bosses, and npc names are cut off.

Hope that helps.

EDIT. I would like to figure out the code for shortening names with abbreviations though"

death bringer saurfang would be d.b.saurfang..
loot crazed diver would be l.c.diver...and so on..

I was able to do this with shadowed unit frames, however I have moved to stuff and would like to impiment this back if possible.

[Ferous]

Yeah but it shows "..." At the end. >.>

Originally Posted by blkdrgn For stuf its very simple..All you have to do is shorten the width of "text1" or whatever text option your name you wish to shorten is. just set it to very short, and drag the slider up, I use about 25% of the width of the health bar, that shows most player names, and longer bosses, and npc names are cut off. Hope that helps. EDIT. I would like to figure out the code for shortening names with abbreviations though" death bringer saurfang would be d.b.saurfang.. loot crazed diver would be l.c.diver...and so on.. I was able to do this with shadowed unit frames, however I have moved to stuff and would like to impiment this back if possible.