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Crops a given text

         

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using System.ComponentModel;

namespace NearForums
{
  public static class Utils
  {
    /// <summary>
    /// Crops a given text
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="value">the text to summarize</param>
    /// <param name="maxChars">maximum chars allowed</param>
    /// <param name="appendIfCropped">text to be appended if the text is cropped. For example: ...</param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public static string Summarize(string value, int maxChars, string appendIfCropped)
    {
      if (value == null)
      {
        return null;
      }
      if (value.Length <= maxChars)
      {
        return value;
      }

      value = value.Substring(0, maxChars);
      Match match = Regex.Match(value, @"^.*\b(?=[ \.])", RegexOptions.Singleline);
      if (match.Success)
      {
        value = match.Value;
      }
      if (appendIfCropped != null)
      {
        value += appendIfCropped;
      }

      return value;
    }
  }
}

   
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

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