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  <command>
    <title>IO.SprintTrunc</title>
    <short_description>convert to a string and truncate</short_description>

    <description>
This function works like <ttref>Sprint</ttref>, turning the value of the
expression E into a string, but if the string has length greater than
N-1, it is truncated and the string <tt>...</tt> is concatenated.  This
function is useful in formatting reports of results.

<example>
  Use R ::= Q[x,y];
  I := Ideal(x,y);
  $io.SprintTrunc(I,4);
Idea...
-------------------------------
</example>
    </description>

    <syntax>
$io.SprintTrunc(E:OBJECT,N:INT):STRING
</syntax>

    <see>Format</see>
    <see>Sprint</see>

    <type>io</type>
    <type>printing</type>
    <type>string</type>

    <key>io.sprinttrunc</key>
  </command>