Question

I have a listview named listview1.
I am binding it from database using value of Questiontitle.

 <ItemTemplate>
<asp:LinkButton ID="questionlink" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("Questiontitle") %>' ></asp:LinkButton>
 </ItemTemplate>

but i just want only a few number of characters from the <%# Eval(“Questiontitle”) %> value
lets say first 20 characters

how can it be managed.

Answer 1

aspx:

<ItemTemplate>
<asp:LinkButton ID="questionlink" runat="server" Text='<%# ProcessData(Eval("Questiontitle")) %>' ></asp:LinkButton>
 </ItemTemplate>

C#

protected string ProcessData(obj val)
{
  if(val!=null) {return val.ToString().Length > 20 ? val.ToString().Substring(0,20) + "...." : val.ToString();}
  return "";
}