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Excerpt Modifier

Generate an excerpt from your content.

Breaks a string at a given marker. Uses <!--more--> by default.

---

title: 'Example Entry'

---

Lorem Ipsum dolor sit amet.<!--more--> consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Massa id neque aliquam vestibulum.

{{ books | excerpt }}

{{ Statamic::modify($books)->excerpt() }}

Lorem Ipsum dolor sit amet.

You can override the marker by passing an alternative as the first parameter:

{{ books | excerpt:<!-- end --> }}