Limiting the number of characters in a string, and chopping off the rest

Question

I need to create a summary table at the end of a log with some values that are obtained inside a class. The table needs to be printed in fixed-width format. I have the cod

Answer 1

You can use the Apache Commons StringUtils.substring(String str, int start, int end) static method, which is also null safe.

See: http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-lang/javadocs/api-2.6/org/apache/commons/lang/StringUtils.html#substring%28java.lang.String,%20int,%20int%29

and http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-lang/javadocs/api-2.6/src-html/org/apache/commons/lang/StringUtils.html#line.1961