How do i set maximum characters?

[Aaron1]

Let me give you the complete code:

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$result = mysql_query("SELECT title, threadid, dateline FROM thread WHERE forumid NOT IN ('10','16')ORDER BY dateline DESC LIMIT 40");

while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result))

{
echo ".$row["title"]."\r\n";


}
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I hope this helps