How to display limited characters in smarty?

Question

I am receiving a paragraph content in smarty. While displaying i need to display only 25 characters how to limit characters in smarty.

<p>{$myresult}</p>

Now i am simply displaying. How to display only 25 characters from smarty content

Answer 1

Usage of Truncate in smarty...

CODES

{$articleTitle}
{$articleTitle|truncate}
{$articleTitle|truncate:30}
{$articleTitle|truncate:30:""}
{$articleTitle|truncate:30:"---"}
{$articleTitle|truncate:30:"":true}
{$articleTitle|truncate:30:"...":true}
{$articleTitle|truncate:30:'..':true:true}

OUTPUT

Two Sisters Reunite after Eighteen Years at Checkout Counter.
Two Sisters Reunite after Eighteen Years at Checkout Counter.
Two Sisters Reunite after...
Two Sisters Reunite after
Two Sisters Reunite after---
Two Sisters Reunite after Eigh
Two Sisters Reunite after E...
Two Sisters Re..ckout Counter.

Answer 2

If the substring filter is installed (I think its installed default):

{$myresult|substring:1:25}

If not, check out this site:

http://smarty.incutio.com/?page=substring