How can I trim the text in

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I only have access to the .ascx file and not codebehind.

I want to be able to display only the left portion of a string returned by a <asp:label control.

I've thought about styling the label as display:none; and addind a second <asp:label and setting the text property from the hidden control with some javascript manipulation but I can't work out how?

Any ideas?

What sort of data will be contained in the `` control? – pete Jun 22 '12 at 11:07 — pete, Jun 22 '12 at 11:07

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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you can do this on the client side with javascript easily.

if a char ie '-' delimits the sections, you can gt the value with javascript and .split it by '-'

check this out for examples SO JS Split question

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answered Jun 22 '12 at 10:51

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Kapil Khandelwal · Answer 2 · 2012-06-22T11:05:00.313

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If you are comfortable using jQuery, try this:

$(function(){
 var text = $("LABELID").html();
 var Index = 0;
 var Length = text.indexOf("-") + 1;
 var text = $("LABELID").html().substring(Index, Length);
  $("LABELID").html(text );
});

OR

$(function(){
     var text = $("LABELID").html().split("-")[0];
      $("LABELID").html(text );
    });

edited Jun 22 '12 at 11:05

answered Jun 22 '12 at 10:57

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Wouldn't using `.text()` be a better choice than `.html()`? Less chance of grabbing a partial html tag. – pete Jun 22 '12 at 11:06

How can I trim the text in

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