Android String Shorten truncate(String text, int length)

Description

Truncates the string to a particular length while appending ...

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
text	the string to be truncated
length	the length to truncate to

Return

the truncated string

Declaration

public static String truncate(String text, int length) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright 2012-present Pixate, Inc.//w  ww  .java 2  s.  c om
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * 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.
 ******************************************************************************/

public class Main {
    /**
     * Truncates the string to a particular length while appending ... to the
     * end.
     * 
     * @param text the string to be truncated
     * @param length the length to truncate to
     * @return the truncated string
     */
    public static String truncate(String text, int length) {
        if (text == null || text.length() <= length) {
            return text;
        }
        return text.substring(0, length - 3) + "...";
    }
}

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2. toLength(String str, int length)
3. truncateAt(String string, int length)
4. curtail(String str, int size, String tail)
5. truncateString(String resource, String startTag, String endTag)
6. truncateAtMaxLength(String source, int maxLength, boolean addEllipsis)