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An ellipsis is a series of dots, (usually 3, i.e. "…") used to indicate the omission of a word within some text, or more commonly that the preceding text has been truncated.

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webkit box orient styling disappears from styling

In my Angular app (I'm on version 4.3.1) I'm adding a CSS ellipsis after multiple lines. For this, I use the following css code in Sass. .ellipsis { -webkit-box-orient: vertical; display: block; display: -webkit-box; …
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Does throw inside a catch ellipsis (...) rethrow the original error in C++?

If in my code I have the following snippet: try { doSomething(); } catch (...) { doSomethingElse(); throw; } Will the throw rethrow the specific exception caught by the default ellipsis handler?
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What is the (...) called in C and C++?

One of the uses of ... is to denote variadic entities in C and C++. What is its name? Is it classified as an operator or something else when used that way? Any other details regarding ...? Edit: I know the purpose of .... I am asking about its…
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Showing truncated text on hover using CSS ellipsis overlaps text below it

I have a name tag in the sidebar which should display single line and truncate if long text follow by triple dots (lorem ipsum...) and should show full text on hover. I am able to achieve this using css but my problem is when full text is displayed…
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Can I remove an element in ... (dot-dot-dot) and pass it on?

Is it possible to remove an element from ... and pass ... onto other functions? My first two attempts failed: parent = function(...) { a = list(...) str(a) a$toRemove = NULL str(a) # attempt 1 child(a) # attempt 2 …
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Dart: How to Truncate String and add Ellipsis after character number

I'd like to add Ellipsis to a string after a certain character length and if the string length is not up to the character preset character length, the ellipsis (...) Should NOT be added. How do i achieve this in Dart Language?
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Why doesn't C++ support strongly typed ellipsis?

Can someone please explain to me why C++, at least to my knowledge, doesn't implement a strongly typed ellipsis function, something to the effect of: void foo(double ...) { // Do Something } Meaning that, in plain speak: 'The user can pass a…
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CSS - text-overflow: ellipsis causes
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    • I'm currently using ellipsis to truncate an order list's items which are more than one line long. However, the li's that are too long and require an ellipsis automatically have the number on the left removed. Is there a way to prevent this from…
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    ellipsis ... as function in substitute?

    I'm having trouble understanding how/why parentheses work where they otherwise should not work®. f = function(...) substitute(...()); f(a, b) [[1]] a [[2]] b # but, substitute returns ..1 f2 = function(...) substitute(...); f2(a, b) a Normally an…
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    How enable ellipsis when calling Python doctest?

    In Python (3.3.2) doctest, ellipsis (...) can match any string. So, for the code below def foo(): """ >>> foo() hello ... """ print("hello world") when running doctest it shouldn't raise any error. But $ python -m doctest foo.py…
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    Ellipsize not working properly for a multiline TextView with an arbitrary maximum height

    I have a TextView with an unknown maximum height, which is dependent on the device's DPI/screen resolution. So, for instance, on and MDPI device this maximum height makes it possible to show only 2 lines at a time, a value that can be increased up…
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    React show Material-UI Tooltip only for text that has ellipsis

    Looking for a way to have material-ui's tooltip expand the text in a table cell ONLY if the text is cut off with an ellipsis (overflowing). Currently in my table I have a cell like this:
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    How should I write three dots?

    Simple question: I want to set a TextView and in that I want to have three dots (Ellipsis). Like Read more... <-- Now I'm sure I shouldn't just write ... into the String. How should I write these three dots?
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    Meaning of the ellipsise options

    I see that there are 4 different values to android:ellipsize: none,start,mid,end and marquee What is the meaning and effect of setting each of these?
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    Check if textview is ellipsized in android

    I have TextView with width as wrap content. In this TextView I set text, but text is not of the same length every time. When text is very long I use single line true and ellipsize: end. But now I have a problem. I want to set Visibility of other…
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