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+// GoToSocial
+// Copyright (C) GoToSocial Authors admin@gotosocial.org
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package text
+
+import (
+	"github.com/rivo/uniseg"
+)
+
+// FirstNBytesByWords produces a prefix substring of up to n bytes from a given string, respecting Unicode grapheme and
+// word boundaries. The substring may be empty, and may include leading or trailing whitespace.
+func FirstNBytesByWords(s string, n int) string {
+	substringEnd := 0
+
+	graphemes := uniseg.NewGraphemes(s)
+	for graphemes.Next() {
+
+		if !graphemes.IsWordBoundary() {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		_, end := graphemes.Positions()
+		if end > n {
+			break
+		}
+
+		substringEnd = end
+	}
+
+	return s[0:substringEnd]
+}