Trimming a String

[MrSomeone]

Not sure if it's right in front of my face and I'm just missing it, but I can't seem to find any way to trim a string to n characters.

For example, I would like to use palmOrb to emulate a 4x40 LCD, where the screen is split into two rows -- the first one being the first 20 characters, and the second the 20 following characters. In line one I have something like the following:

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$Center($WinampTitle,20)$Fill(20)$dll(winamp,1,4x20,u#9#WFl#150#100)

This works fine if the title doesn't exceed 20 characters in length, but if it does it pushes line 1 of the spectrum analyzer over like this:



On http://lcdsmartie.sourceforge.net/winampplugin.html it looks like maestronz's picture doesn't do this, and I was wondering how this can be done.

[smack]

Not sure if it's right in front of my face and I'm just missing it, but I can't seem to find any way to trim a string to n characters.

There are at least these two plugins you can use for this purpose:
cut plugin by IFR
formatting plugin by Jumpin' Jon

[MrSomeone]

Thank you

I guess I wasn't searching for the right words.