Truncates a string, adding ellipsis (three dots) at the end if the length exceeds a specific number. - CSharp System

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Description

Truncates a string, adding ellipsis (three dots) at the end if the length exceeds a specific number.

Demo Code



public class Main{
        /// <summary>
		/// Truncates a string, adding ellipsis (three dots) at the end if the length exceeds a specific number.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="str">String to be processed. Cannot be null.</param>
		/// <param name="length">Maximum length after which the string will be truncated.</param>
		/// <returns>Truncated string with three dots at the end, if the string length exceeded the specified length, otherwise the original string.</returns>
		public static string TruncateWithEllipsis(this string str, int length) {

			ParamIs.NotNull(() => str);/*from   ww w  .j a  va2s . c om*/

			return (str.Length > length ? string.Format("{0}...", str.Substring(0, length)) : str);

		}
}

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