# How to display first Few characters inside a text element

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**Created:** [April 25, 2024, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/how-to-display-first-few-characters-inside-a-text-element/319428 "2024-04-25T14:02:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![sasyo71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@sasyo71](https://forum.bubble.io/u/sasyo71)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/how-to-display-first-few-characters-inside-a-text-element/319428/1 "2024-04-25T14:02:12Z")

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Hello, How can I Display the first 10-15 characters of text from database ?  
(its for a notes kinda app so I want the user’s Text’s first few characters to be shown as a title.)

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**Author:** ![stephane\_hildbrand](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/stephane_hildbrand/32/209881_2.png) [@stephane\_hildbrand](https://forum.bubble.io/u/stephane_hildbrand)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/how-to-display-first-few-characters-inside-a-text-element/319428/2 "2024-04-25T14:04:44Z")

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Use the operator :truncated to  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/b/f/bf735cf2a9278686b8eafcce5adc85bfb964a4e4.png)

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**Author:** ![sasyo71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@sasyo71](https://forum.bubble.io/u/sasyo71)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 11:16am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/how-to-display-first-few-characters-inside-a-text-element/319428/3 "2024-04-26T11:16:24Z")

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Thanks a lot

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/2/8/2847faa74692c2ffa5d939d3dc3724cdd060d247.png) [@system](https://forum.bubble.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/how-to-display-first-few-characters-inside-a-text-element/319428/4 "2024-07-04T14:03:01Z")

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Closed on July 4, 2024, 2:03pm UTC

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