Where is the logic that defines the excerpt?

From what I understand in the default-filters.php file a filter is applied to the ‘get_the_filter’ filter. The callback is for a method called ‘wp_trim_execrpt’. This is found in formatting.php. From there you can see the logic. Hope that helps.

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