[BUG]: `string/truncate` behaves abnormally when truncating strings to length 3

[Snehil-Shah]

Description

Encountered an error when truncating strings to length 3.

Demo

Reproduction

• truncate any string to length 3.

Expected Results

In [1]: truncate('hell', 3)
Out[1]: '...'

In [2]: ans.length
Out[2]: 3

Actual Results

In [1]: truncate('hell', 3)
Out[1]: 'hell...'

In [2]: ans.length
Out[2]: 7

Version

https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/tree/c89a171db9b4664582fab09dc95a5cc3b58f9f21

Environments

Node.js

Node.js / npm Version

Node @20.13.1, npm @10.5.2

Platform

Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS (container)

Checklist

• Read and understood the Code of Conduct.
• Searched for existing issues and pull requests.

[Snehil-Shah]

And also, should the string be truncated if the target length is equal to the given string's length? I think not..

[kgryte]

should the string be truncated if the target length is equal to the given string's length?

No. I don't think so.

truncate any string to length 3.

Yes, that seems like a bug.