Java Utililty Methods String Shorten

List of utility methods to do String Shorten

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Description

The list of methods to do String Shorten are organized into topic(s).

Method

Stringshorten(String s, int length, String suffix)
shorten 
if (s == null || suffix == null) {
    return null;
if (s.length() > length) {
    s = s.substring(0, length) + suffix;
return s;
Stringshorten(String s, int length, String suffix)
shorten 
StringBuilder sb = null;
if (s != null && suffix != null && s.length() > length) {
    for (int j = length; j >= 0; j--) {
        if (Character.isWhitespace(s.charAt(j))) {
            length = j;
            break;
    sb = new StringBuilder();
    sb.append(s.substring(0, length));
    sb.append(suffix);
return (sb == null ? null : sb.toString());
Stringshorten(String s, int max)
Shortens a string (and appends "...") if longer than the allowed maximum number of characters. 
if (s.length() > max)
    return s.substring(0, max) + "...";
else
    return s;
Stringshorten(String s, int maxLength)
Returns a single line string that is no longer than maxLength . 
if (maxLength < 5)
    maxLength = 5;
boolean isTruncated = false;
int brIdx = s.indexOf('\n');
if (brIdx != -1) {
    s = s.substring(0, brIdx);
    isTruncated = true;
;
brIdx = s.indexOf('\r');
if (brIdx != -1) {
    s = s.substring(0, brIdx);
    isTruncated = true;
if (s.length() > maxLength) {
    s = s.substring(0, maxLength - 3);
    isTruncated = true;
if (!isTruncated) {
    return s;
} else {
    if (s.endsWith(".")) {
        if (s.endsWith("..")) {
            if (s.endsWith("...")) {
                return s;
            } else {
                return s + ".";
        } else {
            return s + "..";
    } else {
        return s + "...";
Stringshorten(String script, int length)
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String shortened = script.length() > length ? script.substring(0, length).intern() + "..." : script;
return shortened.replace("\n", " ").replace("\r", " ").replace("\t", " ");
Stringshorten(String str, int length)
shorten 
if (length < 3) {
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid length");
String s;
if (str.length() <= length) {
    s = str;
} else {
    s = str.substring(0, length - 3) + "...";
...
Stringshorten(String str, int length)
shorten 
if (str.length() <= length)
    return str;
return str.substring(0, length - 3) + "...";
Stringshorten(String string, boolean isPrefix)
shorten 
if (string.length() > 10)
    if (isPrefix)
        return "..." + string.substring(string.length() - 10);
    else
        return string.substring(0, 10) + "...";
else
    return string;
Stringshorten(String string, int size)
shorten 
if (string == null) {
    return null;
if (size < string.length()) {
    return string.substring(0, size - 1) + "...";
} else {
    return string;
Stringshorten(String string, int upTo)
Shorten the given string if the string is more than the given length. 
if (string.length() > upTo) {
    StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(upTo + 10);
    return builder.append(string.substring(0, upTo)).append("... ").append(string.length() - upTo)
            .append(" more").toString();
return string;