# truncate_value

> **Function** in `deepagents_code`

📖 [View in docs](https://reference.langchain.com/python/deepagents-code/tool_display/truncate_value)

Truncate a string value if it exceeds max_length.

## Signature

```python
truncate_value(
    value: str,
    max_length: int = MAX_ARG_LENGTH,
) -> str
```

## Returns

`str`

Truncated string with ellipsis suffix if exceeded, otherwise original.

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