Ellipsize string with maxCharacter - Android java.lang

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Description

Ellipsize string with maxCharacter

Demo Code

import android.text.TextUtils;
import android.widget.TextView;
import java.util.Calendar;

public class Main{

    public static String ellipsize(String input, int maxCharacters) {
        if (maxCharacters < 3) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                    "maxCharacters must be at least 3 because the ellipsis already take up 3 characters");
        }/*from www  .jav  a  2 s . c o m*/
        if (input == null || input.length() < maxCharacters) {
            return input;
        }
        return input.substring(0, maxCharacters - 3) + "...";
    }

}

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