Java String Clip clipString(String input, int numChars, boolean appendEllipses)

Description

Reduces the input string to the number of chars, or its length if the number of chars exceeds the input string's length

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
input	The string to clip
numChars	the number of leading chars to keep (all others will be removed)

Return

: the clipped string

Declaration

public static String clipString(String input, int numChars, boolean appendEllipses) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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public class Main {
    /**
     * Reduces the input string to the number of chars, or its length if the
     * number of chars exceeds the input string's length
     *
     * @param input The string to clip
     * @param numChars the number of leading chars to keep (all others will be
     *            removed)
     * @return: the clipped string
     */
    public static String clipString(String input, int numChars, boolean appendEllipses) {
        int end = Math.min(numChars, input.length());
        String output = input.substring(0, end);
        if (appendEllipses) {
            output = (output.length() < input.length()) ? output + "..." : output;
        }
        return output;
    }
}

Related

1. clip(final String s, final int leftClip, final int rightClip)
2. clip(String characterItem)
3. clip(String str, int startChars)
4. ClipObjectReferenceAddress(String p_fullObjectReference)
5. clipText(String text, int maxLength)