How do you use the ellipsis slicing syntax in Python?
This came up in Hidden features of Python, but I can’t see good documentation or examples that explain how the feature works. 4 Answers 4
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How to use R’s ellipsis feature when writing your own function?
The R language has a nifty feature for defining functions that can take a variable number of arguments. For example, the function data.frame takes any number of arguments, and each argument becomes the data for a column in the resulting data table. Example usage: > data.frame(letters=c(“a”, “b”, “c”), numbers=c(1,2,3), notes=c(“do”, “re”, “mi”)) letters numbers notes … Read more
What do ellipsis […] mean in a list?
I was playing around in python. I used the following code in IDLE: p = [1, 2] p[1:1] = [p] print p The output was: [1, […], 2] What is this […]? Interestingly I could now use this as a list of list of list up to infinity i.e. p[1][1][1]…. I could write the above … Read more
What is the ellipsis (…) for in this method signature?
In the App Engine docs, what is the ellipsis (JID…) for in this method signature? public MessageBuilder withRecipientJids(JID… recipientJids) What’s the function of those three dots? 5 Answers 5
HTML text-overflow ellipsis detection
I have a collection of block elements on a page. They all have the CSS rules white-space, overflow, text-overflow set so that overflowing text is trimmed and an ellipsis is used. However, not all the elements overflow. Is there anyway I can use javascript to detect which elements are overflowing? Thanks. Added: example HTML structure … Read more
Applying an ellipsis to multiline text [duplicate]
This question already has answers here: Limit text length to n lines using CSS (15 answers) Closed 2 years ago. Is there a solution to add ellipsis on last line inside a div with a fluid height (20%)? I found the -webkit-line-clamp function in CSS, but in my case the line number will be depending … Read more
HTML – how can I show tooltip ONLY when ellipsis is activated
I have got a span with dynamic data in my page, with ellipsis style. .my-class { text-overflow: ellipsis; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; width: 71px; } <span id=”myId” class=”my-class”></span> document.getElementById(‘myId’).innerText = “…”; I’d like to add to this element tooltip with the same content, but I want it to appear only when the content is long … Read more
With CSS, use “…” for overflowed block of multi-lines
with overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; “…” will be shown in the end of the line if overflowed. However, this will be shown only in one line. But I would like it to be shown in multi-lines. It may looks like: +——————–+ |abcde feg hij dkjd| |dsji jdia js ajid s| |jdis ajid dheu … Read more
Truncate a string to first n characters of a string and add three dots if any characters are removed
How can I get the first n characters of a string in PHP? What’s the fastest way to trim a string to a specific number of characters, and append ‘…’ if needed? 20 Answers 20
Android, How to limit width of TextView (and add three dots at the end of text)?
I have a TextView that I want to limit characters of it. Actually, I can do this but the thing that I’m looking for is how to add three dots (…) at the end of string. This one shows the text has continue. This is my XML but there is no dots although it limit … Read more
