Approaches for limiting the length of a string

  • Using built-in ‘limitTo’ Filter
  • Using Custom Directive

How to limit the length of a string in AngularJS ?

Validation of fields is an important process while developing a dynamic web application. In various aspects of security, the validation is quite important. Along with this, the restriction of the limit to the length of a string is also an important process that helps to include the constraint for the maximum length for an input field or a text area. Limiting the length of a string can help to maintain a positive user experience by preventing the users from unintentionally entering long text which causes the issues of data corruption and all. In this article, we will see the approaches to limit the length of a string in AngularJS.

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