Java String Abbreviate abbrev(String longString, int size)

Description

Returns the first size characters of the given string.

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String abbrev(String longString, int size) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//w ww .  j a  va 2s.co  m
 * Copyright 2011 Google Inc. 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 {
    /**
     * Returns the first {@code size} characters of the given string.
     */
    public static String abbrev(String longString, int size) {
        return longString.length() <= size ? longString : longString.substring(0, size);
    }
}

Related

1. abbr(String str, int length)
2. abbrev(String result, int maxLength, String separator)
3. abbreviate(final String str)
4. abbreviate(final String str, final int maxWidth)
5. abbreviate(final String str, int lower, int upper, final String appendToEnd)