Java String Shorten shorten(String input)

Description

Shorten text to a character limit

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
String	input

Return

String

Declaration

public static String shorten(String input) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

public class Main {
    /**//from   w ww  .  ja  v  a 2  s  . c om
     * Shorten text to a character limit
     *
     * @param String input
     * @return String
     */
    public static String shorten(String input) {
        if (140 > input.length()) {
            return input;
        }
        int charIndex;
        StringBuffer shortenedInput = new StringBuffer();
        for (charIndex = 0; charIndex < input.length(); charIndex++) {
            shortenedInput.append(input.charAt(charIndex));
            if (139 == charIndex) {
                break;
            }
        }

        while (charIndex < input.length()) {
            if (' ' == input.charAt(charIndex)) {
                shortenedInput.append("...");
                break;
            }
            if (('.' == input.charAt(charIndex))
                    && ((' ' == input.charAt(charIndex + 1)) || (charIndex + 1 == input.length()))) {
                shortenedInput.append(input.charAt(charIndex));
                break;
            } else if (('?' == input.charAt(charIndex))
                    && ((' ' == input.charAt(charIndex + 1)) || (charIndex + 1 == input.length()))) {
                shortenedInput.append(input.charAt(charIndex));
                break;
            } else if (('!' == input.charAt(charIndex))
                    && ((' ' == input.charAt(charIndex + 1)) || (charIndex + 1 == input.length()))) {
                shortenedInput.append(input.charAt(charIndex));
                break;
            }
            charIndex++;
        }

        return shortenedInput.toString();
    }
}

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