minimize length of string in C#

I want to reduce the length of a string. Like...

This str开发者_开发知识库ing...

string foo ="Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aenean in vehicula nulla. Phasellus libero dui, luctus quis bibendum sit amet";

Becomes this string...

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing...

How do I do this? Thanks!

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string foo ="Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aenean in vehicula nulla. Phasellus libero dui, luctus quis bibendum sit amet";

string small_foo = foo.SubString(0, 50);

Using Substring to get the first 50 characters of the string. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aka44szs.aspx

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Code

public string Truncate(string input, int length)
{
    if (input.Length < length) return input;
    int index = input.IndexOf(' ', length);
    return input.Substring(0, index) + "...";
}

...

string foo ="Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aenean in vehicula nulla. Phasellus libero dui, luctus quis bibendum sit amet";

string bar = Truncate(foo, 50);
Console.WriteLine(bar);

Output

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing...

Instead of

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aenean in vehicula nulla. Phasellus libero dui, luctus quis bibendum sit amet

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Try this

string myString = ".....";
int maxLength = 30;

if( myString.Length > maxLength ){
  myString = myString.SubString(0, maxLength);
}

myString is now the maximum of maxLength's size.

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Here you go:

 class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        string foo = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aenean in vehicula nulla. Phasellus libero dui, luctus quis bibendum sit amet";
        int maxlength = 50;
        string shortFoo = StringShortener(foo, maxlength);
        Console.WriteLine("{0} \n becomes: \n {1}", foo, shortFoo);
        Console.ReadKey();

    }

    private static string StringShortener(string foo, int maxlength)
    {
        if (foo.Length <= maxlength)
            return foo;
        else
            return foo.Substring(0, maxlength - 4) + "...";
    }
}

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 public static string TruncatString(string input, int maxLength)
        {
            if (input.Length < maxLength) return input;
            return input.Substring(0, maxLength - 3) + "...";
        }

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Given String -

var string = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aenean in vehicula nulla. Phasellus libero dui, luctus quis bibendum sit amet";

1. First Scenario

var maxlenght = 15;
var shortString =(string .Length > maxlenght ) ?  string.Substring(0,maxlenght ) + "..." : string;

Output : "Lorem ipsum dol...";

2. Second Scenario

var shortString =(string .Length > maxlenght ) ?  string.Substring(0, string.IndexOf(" ", 15)) + "..." : string;

Output: "Lorem ipsum dolor...";

if u want last word full then second senario is best...

this works me fine now...

 public static string GetShortTitleForDisplay(string title, int noOfCharacter)
    {
        var shortTitle = title;
        if (title.Length <= noOfCharacter) return shortTitle;
        var pos = title.IndexOf(" ", noOfCharacter, StringComparison.Ordinal);
        if (pos > 0)
            shortTitle = title.Substring(0, pos) + " ...";
        return shortTitle;
    } 

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string foo ="Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aenean in vehiculanulla. Phasellus libero dui, luctus quis bibendum sit amet";
string small_foo = foo.Substring(new  Random().Next(0, urlsafe.Length), new Random().Next(2, 6));

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Code :

string longString = "hi, am Ramy, a backend and a frontend developer, am here to
help people in Programming with C#";
int maxLength = 17;
if (longString.Length < maxLength)
{
    longString = longString.Substring(0, 17) + "..."; //Those 3 dots are additional (if you want)
}

The result will be : // hi, am Ramy, a ba...