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uinput = 'sample line of text text'
#print(len(uinput))

uinputlist = list(uinput) #makes the text a mutable list

indices = [i for i, x in enumerate(uinputlist) if x == ' '] #finds the index for each space
listindices = list(indices) #makes indices a mutable list

#print(listindices) #showing what indices a space is at.

uinputlistnew = uinputlist #initialize

x = ' ' #x is the variable for spaces

def spacefinder(cutoff): #find spaces,
    for i in listindices:
        uinputlistcutoff = uinputlist[cutoff-2:cutoff+2]
#        print(uinputlistcutoff)
        if x in uinputlistcutoff:
            uinputlistnew = uinputlist[0:i]
            if len(uinputlistnew) >=cutoff-2:
#                print(uinputlistnew)
                cutoffoutputlist = ''.join(uinputlistnew).strip(' ')
                cutoffoutput = list(cutoffoutputlist)
                return cutoffoutput
#            print('test')
        elif len(uinputlist) >= cutoff:
            uinputlistnew = uinputlist[0:cutoff]
            cutoffoutput = uinputlistnew
            return cutoffoutput
        else:
            cutoffoutput = 'wrong'
            return cutoffoutput

def ellipses():
    cutoffinput = None
    print('choose a cutoff value')
    try:
        cutoffinput = int(input())
    except ValueError:
        print('Sorry Try Agian')
        ellipses()
        return
    finally:
        print('Cutoff is an int')


    cutoffoutput = 'hm'
    if len(uinput) >= cutoffinput:
        newoutput = spacefinder(cutoffinput)
        print(''.join(newoutput)+'...')
    else:
        print(uinput)

ellipses()