Java String Ellipse ellipsize(String text, int max)

Description

From <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/a/3657496/3802890">StackOverflow</a>

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static String ellipsize(String text, int max) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

public class Main {
    /**//from   w  ww .  j  av  a 2 s  .c o m
     * From <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/a/3657496/3802890">StackOverflow</a>
     */
    public static String ellipsize(String text, int max) {
        if (textWidth(text) <= max)
            return text;

        // Start by chopping off at the word before max
        // This is an over-approximation due to thin-characters...
        int end = text.lastIndexOf(' ', max - 3);

        // Just one long word. Chop it off.
        if (end == -1)
            return text.substring(0, max - 3) + "...";

        // Step forward as long as textWidth allows.
        int newEnd = end;
        do {
            end = newEnd;
            newEnd = text.indexOf(' ', end + 1);

            // No more spaces.
            if (newEnd == -1)
                newEnd = text.length();

        } while (textWidth(text.substring(0, newEnd) + "...") < max);

        return text.substring(0, end) + "...";
    }

    private static int textWidth(String str) {
        return str.length() - str.replaceAll("[^iIl1\\.,']", "").length() / 2;
    }
}

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