Here you can find the source of chopString(String str, int len)
public static String chopString(String str, int len)
//package com.java2s; /**// w w w. j a v a 2s. c o m * $Revision: 13635 $ * $Date: 2013-05-04 02:55:48 -0500 (Sat, 04 May 2013) $ * * Copyright (C) 2004-2008 Jive Software. All rights reserved. * * 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 { public static String chopString(String str, int len) { if (str == null || str.length() <= len) { return str; } String ret = str.substring(0, len - 1) + "..."; return ret; } }