How to trim figure caption in the \listoffigures

Question

I want to trim the figure caption to show part of the caption, say the first sentence. In the same time, I do not want to cut from the actual caption in the document itself. I need the full explanation of the figure but not in the list of figures. How to achieve this?

This is the script sample:

\documentclass{book}

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents
\listoffigures

\chapter{(Chapter Name)}

\section{Real Analysis}
\begin{figure}
\caption{A very long figure caption here. I need to display part of it because this very long caption does not look right in the list of figures. Nevertheless, I need this full description in the caption. I just do not want all of it to appear in the listoffigures}
\end{figure}
\section{Role of LUB Axiom}

\end{document}

This is what it appears int he list of figures.

Answer 1

the caption command has an optional entry, which is shown in the list of figures/tables/etc.: \caption[Short title for lof]{Long title for document} Your document would look like this:

\documentclass{book}

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents
\listoffigures

\chapter{(Chapter Name)}

\section{Real Analysis}
\begin{figure}
\caption[A short caption for the lof]{A very long figure caption here. I need to display part of it because this very long caption does not look right in the list of figures. Nevertheless, I need this full description in the caption. I just do not want all of it to appear in the listoffigures}
\end{figure}
\section{Role of LUB Axiom}

\end{document}