Truncate with text
/* * Author: Kishore Reddy * Url: http://commonlibrarynet.codeplex.com/ * Title: CommonLibrary.NET * Copyright: ? 2009 Kishore Reddy * License: LGPL License * LicenseUrl: http://commonlibrarynet.codeplex.com/license * Description: A C# based .NET 3.5 Open-Source collection of reusable components. * Usage: Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text; namespace GenericCode { public class StringHelpers { /// <summary> /// Truncate with text /// </summary> /// <param name="txt"></param> /// <param name="maxChars"></param> /// <param name="suffix"></param> /// <returns></returns> public static string TruncateWithText(string txt, int maxChars, string suffix) { if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(txt)) return txt; if (txt.Length <= maxChars) return txt; // Now do the truncate and more. string partial = txt.Substring(0, maxChars); return partial + suffix; } } }