Question

I have this code, is there an easy way to limit the amount of characters displayed to 250?

<%# trimIt(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "WebSalesText").ToString())%>

public string trimIt(string s)
{
    if (s.Length > 0 && s.IndexOf(".") > 0)
    {
        return (s.Substring(0, s.IndexOf(".")) + " ...");
    }
    else
    {
        return s;
    }
}

Answer 1

Are you looking for an implementation of trimIt?

public static string trimIt(string s)
{
   if(s == null)
       return string.Empty;

   int count = Math.Min(s.Length, 250);
   return s.Substring(0, count);
}