Java String Shorten shorten(String s, int max)

Description

Shortens a string (and appends "...") if longer than the allowed maximum number of characters.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
s	the string to process
max	the maximum number of characters.

Return

the processed string

Declaration

public static String shorten(String s, int max) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from  w w w . j ava 2 s  . co  m*/
 *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 *   (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *   GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

public class Main {
    /**
     * Shortens a string (and appends "...") if longer than the allowed
     * maximum number of characters.
     *
     * @param s      the string to process
     * @param max      the maximum number of characters.
     * @return      the processed string
     */
    public static String shorten(String s, int max) {
        if (s.length() > max)
            return s.substring(0, max) + "...";
        else
            return s;
    }
}

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