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excerpt()


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

Name 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.
<!--- Will output: ... MVC framework for ... --->
#excerpt(text="CFWheels is a Rails-like MVC framework for Adobe ColdFusion and Lucee", phrase="framework", radius=5)#

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