Code RoomUsername truncation splits characters

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Username truncation splits characters

Code reviewCode quality & reviewMid–Senior~25 min

Review this Go handler that truncates a username to a max length.

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1func truncate(name string, max int) string {

2 if len(name) <= max {

3 return name

4 }

5 return name[:max]

6}

7

8// truncate("caf\u00e9résumé", 4)

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