Question

Is there something like a C# Substring for Java? I’m creating a mobile application for Blackberry device and due to screen constraints I can only afford to show 13 letters plus three dots for an ellipsis.

Any suggestion on how to accomplish this?

I need bare bones Java and not some fancy trick because I doubt a mobile device has access to a complete framework. At least in my experience working with Java ME a year ago.

Answer 1

You can do exactly what you want with String.substring().

String str = "please truncate me after 13 characters!";
if (str.length() > 16)
    str = str.substring(0, 13) + "..."