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excerpt()

Description

Extracts an excerpt from text that matches the first instance of phrase.

Function Syntax

excerpt(text, phrase [, radius, excerptString ])

Parameters

Parameter Type Required Default Description
text string Yes The text to extract an excerpt from.
phrase string Yes The phrase to extract.
radius numeric No 100 Number of characters to extract surrounding the phrase.
excerptString string No ... String to replace first and/or last characters with.

Examples

#excerpt(text="ColdFusion Wheels is a Rails-like MVC framework for Adobe ColdFusion and Railo", phrase="framework", radius=5)#
->
... MVC framework for ...