String.format???

[Anders M]

Hi!

I'd like to format a string as follows:

hi my name is anders and I'm programming
to:
hi my name...

The formatting should shorten the text to at most 10 chars and add "..." in
the end.

Is that possible with String.Format?

/Anders

[emr]

Re: String.format?? ?

string text,text2;
text=textbox1.t ext;
text2=text.Subs tring(0,10) + "...";

hope this helps

[Bob Powell [MVP]]

Re: String.format?? ?

The elipses will be placed automatically if you use the
StringFormat.Tr imming property and the StringTrimming EllipsisCharact er
enumeration. The string trimming happens when you try and output a string
into a rectangle that's too small for the string. Use DrawString and specify
a bounding rectangle for the string.


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"Anders M" <it99ama@du.s e> wrote in message
news:eYVH4BYSFH A.3076@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Hi!
>
> I'd like to format a string as follows:
>
> hi my name is anders and I'm programming
> to:
> hi my name...
>
> The formatting should shorten the text to at most 10 chars and add "..."
> in
> the end.
>
> Is that possible with String.Format?
>
> /Anders
>
>
>[/color]

[Bruce Wood]

Re: String.format?? ?

Well, not quite. The quick 'n' dirty solution would be:

string trimmedText;
if (text.Length > 10)
{
trimmedText = text.Substring( 0, 10) + "...";
}
else
{
trimmedText = text;
}

or, if you want to be _really_ quick 'n' dirty, you could use the
ternary operator (ewww):

string trimmedText = text.Length > 10 : text.Substring( 0,10) + "..." :
text;