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> 	
> 	/**
> 	 * Method to crop strings using the mb_strimwidth function.
> 	 * 
> 	 * @param  string		The character set
> 	 * @param  string		Character string
> 	 * @param  integer		Length (in characters)
> 	 * @param  string		Crop signifier
> 	 * @return string		The shortened string
> 	 * @see mb_strimwidth(), mb_substr()
> 	 * @author Timo Schmidt <timo.schmidt@aoemedia.de>
> 	 */
> 	function cropMbstring($charset,$string,$len,$crop=''){
> 		if (intval($len) == 0 || mb_strlen($string) < $len)	return $string;
> 		
> 		if($len > 0){
> 			$string = mb_substr($string, 0, $len, $charset).$crop;
> 		}else{
> 			$string = $crop.mb_substr($string,$len,mb_strlen($string,$charset),$charset);
> 		}
> 
> 		return $string;
> 	}
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> 		if($GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['SYS']['t3lib_cs_convMethod'] == 'mbstring'){
> 			return $this->cropMbstring($charset,$string,$len,$crop);
> 		}
>