Truncate sentence to a certain number of words

Here's a "read more" function I wrote for my Meteor app. It accepts a maxWords parameter and strips html tags using jquery's text() method.

Hope it helps!

function readMore(string, maxWords) {       
    var strippedString = $("<p>" + string + "</p>").text().trim();      
    var array = strippedString.split(" ");
    var wordCount = array.length;
    var string = array.splice(0, maxWords).join(" ");

    if(wordCount > maxWords) {
        string += "...";
    }

        return string ;
}

You can use split ^[MDN] and join ^[MDN].

"Want better search results? See our search tips".split(" ").splice(0,3).join(" ")