CODE EXAMPLE FOR JAVASCRIPT

javascript text word wrap replace

function breakTextNicely(text, limit, breakpoints) {

      var parts = text.split(' ');
      var lines = [];
      text = parts[0];
      parts.shift();

      while (parts.length > 0) {
        var newText = `${text} ${parts[0]}`;

        if (newText.length > limit) {
          lines.push(`${text}
`);
          breakpoints--;

          if (breakpoints === 0) {
            lines.push(parts.join(' '));
            break;
          } else {
          	text = parts[0];
    	  }
        } else {
          text = newText;
        }
    	  parts.shift();
      }

      if (lines.length === 0) {
        return text;
      } else {
        return lines.join('');
      }
    }

    var mytext = 'this is my long text that you can break into multiple line sizes';
    console.log( breakTextNicely(mytext, 20, 3) );