string, worlds

Hi beginners@xxxxxxxx,

hello, very common problem is delimite some strings at certain words,
lets say:
$string = "this is some small test";

Now, we define, the longest $string2 could be 10 characters, and
$string we could delimite only on spaces and optionally punctation
(not on characters).

I'm using:
my ($string2) = $string =~ /^(.{0,10})(?:[\W]|$)/;

Is anyone using something else ?

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